GOLF COMEBACK
GOLF COMEBACK Tiger Woods ‘still major threat’
‘You don’t just forget he won 14 Majors and 79 [PGA Tour] tournaments,’ says Mark Calcavecchia
Toronto — The show that Tiger Woods put on last week in his latest comeback from injury was enough to convince a pair of Major winners that he may still be able to triumph in blue riband events.Woods swung freely and with no sign of back pain at the Hero World Challenge, finishing tied for ninth in the 18-man exhibition that featured eight of the world’s top 10 golfers.Mark Calcavecchia saw enough to know it would be foolish to write off the former world No1."His name is Tiger Woods after all. You don’t just forget that he has won 14 Majors and 79 [PGA Tour] tournaments," the former British Open winner said. "I watched most of last week and I was very impressed with a lot of things. He’s going at it full speed, he’s certainly not holding back trying to protect what we all thought was still going to be a tender back," Calcavecchia said.Following spinal fusion surgery and a lengthy layoff, Woods arrived at the Bahamas event ranked 1,199th but after posting a 31 on his opening nine hol...
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