Orlando. It almost seemed as if Tiger Woods’ serious car accident in Los Angeles almost ten months ago had never happened. When he then played eleven birdies in a row with his twelve-year-old son Charlie on the second day, even a little golf fairy tale was within reach – but John Daly was two shots better with his son in the end.
At the award ceremony, Woods grinned broader than he had ever done as a runner-up – and never tired of emphasizing how far he was from playing golf at the highest level. “Even a few weeks ago it wasn’t clear if we would have this opportunity,” said the 15-time Major winner. “And yet we are here and had a great time.”
He is still a long way from putting full weight on his right leg, which was broken several times in the accident, and the speed of his golf swing is nowhere near as high as it used to be. “I made two or three good shots today that went exactly how I wanted,” Woods said on Saturday. He also lacks a lot of stamina.
To protect his leg, Woods sat in the golf cart with his 14-year-old daughter Sam and friend Erica after each shot and drove after his ball. Son Charlie walked the golf course. In Florida, despite all his ambition, Woods was obviously not concerned with winning, but solely with having fun.
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