When you got it. Flaunt it!! Tiger Woods made a triumphant return to the winner's platform late Sunday evening, overcoming a 5-shot deficit to win the 2009 Arnold Palmer Bay Hill Invitational in Orlando, FL.
"It feels good to be back in contention, to feel the rush," Woods said. "It's been a while, but God, it felt good." (AP)
Just like last year when he made a 25-footer on the final hole to win, Woods did not disappoint those remaining spectators in attendance as darkness began to fall on the course. The win was Tiger's sixth at Bay Hill, the third PGA Tour event he has won that many times.
Lost in Woods' dramatic come from behind victory was the hard-luck defeat of Texas native Sean O'Hair. This was the second straight year that the young Texan had a front row seat to watch the game's greatest golfer win on the tournament's final hole. But, this year should have been different. O'Hair began the day with a 5-stroke lead. However, he would have trouble from the start, going long off the tee and missing the first five fairways. He failed to have a putt inside of 30-feet until the ninth.
Finally, he succumbed to the stalking Tiger on the back nine. Woods' had chipped and chipped away at O'Hair's lead all day but was not able to move any closer than one stroke before finally breaking through on the par-4 16th to take a short lived lead. "It's just a little bit disappointing that I couldn't close it," O'Hair said.
Cheer up Sean, when you are facing a hungry tiger no one can blame you if you lay down and get eaten!!
Following reconstructive knee surgery that prematurely ended his season last year, Woods' delivered two "un-Tiger-like" performances at World Golf Championships, and there were the obvious questions regarding whether he would be ready to make a run at the Master's in two weeks. After the drama on the 18th hole yesterday at Bay Hill, I don't there are anymore questions. Tiger is back!!
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