Shanghai — World No1 Dustin Johnson hopes to see fellow American Tiger Woods get back to his brilliant best, saying a fit-again Woods would be good for golf. The 41-year-old Woods gave a tantalising glimpse of a possible long-awaited return from injury on Monday when he posted a video on Twitter of himself hitting a "Stinger" shot with a long iron. Former No1 Woods used the Stinger shot to great advantage during his heyday more than a decade ago. But the 14-time Major champion has long been plagued by back trouble and has only recently been approved to resume full golf activities after yet more surgery. Woods has not won a Major since the 2008 US Open, but Johnson said on Tuesday: "Obviously he’s still very, very popular: without Tiger the game wouldn’t be where it is today." Speaking in Shanghai ahead of the WGC-HSBC Champions, Johnson added: "I’d like to see him come back and playing really well, it’s good for us, it’s good for everybody, it’s good for the game. "He draws a lot of...
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