The Grind

Tiger Turns Back the Clock at the PGA Championship

Alex Myers discusses Tiger Woods' thrilling Sunday charge in St. Louis — and oh yeah, winner Brooks Koepka.

The Grind

Released on 8/13/2018

Transcript

00:00

So I promised the next time I did a Tiger Grind video,

00:03

it would be after Woods actually won a golf tournament.

00:06

I lied.

00:07

Woods didn't quite notch major number 15,

00:09

but good lord did he have golf fans partying

00:11

like it was 1999.

00:13

Or even 2009.

00:15

His final round 64 had grown men in tears.

00:19

At least so I've heard.

00:21

And it was the way in which he did it

00:23

that was so spectacular.

00:24

Woods vaulted up the leaderboard

00:26

with a Sunday front nine 32,

00:28

despite not hitting a single fairway,

00:31

keeping himself in contention with his mind,

00:33

as he said afterwards.

00:34

Oh and a dizzying display of recovery shots, hole putts,

00:39

and some of the most ferocious fist pumps we've seen

00:41

in over a decade.

00:43

And I knew we were in for something special on Sunday

00:45

as soon as I got this perfectly timed fortune

00:48

with my Chinese takeout on Saturday night:

00:52

Never set the tiger free if you live in the mountain.

00:58

All right, I'm as confused as you are.

01:00

Anyway, I should probably mention

01:02

that Brooks Koepka actually won the golf tournament

01:05

before he shows up here and bench presses me

01:07

into the stratosphere.

01:08

What a major championship monster this guy has become,

01:11

winning three of the past seven.

01:14

That's, dare I say, Tigeresque.

01:16

Which, sorry Brooks, brings us back to Tiger.

01:20

That marks two majors in a row that Tiger could've won.

01:24

Not too shabby, considering just a year ago he hadn't

01:27

even been cleared by doctors to begin chipping yet.

01:29

Now he's listed as the odds-on favorite

01:31

to win the 2019 Masters.

01:33

Sure, it would've been great to see Tiger end

01:35

that major drought in St. Louis,

01:37

but after sleeping on it and consulting with a therapist,

01:40

I'm at peace with the result.

01:42

I've waited more than a decade for Woods

01:44

to win that 15th major.

01:46

I can handle waiting another eight months.

01:49

(upbeat music)

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