Tiger Woods rallies to win Memorial Tournament

The roundhouse uppercut came back, a seismic roar shook the floor because the enormous gallery went berserk and Tiger Woods was once more in the center of golf’s world.

Having a spectacular shot throughout a stretch of three birdies in the final four holes, Woods won the Memorial Tournament for any record fifth time, firing a 5-under-componen 67 under sunlit skies to conquer Andres Romero and Rory Sabbatini by two shots Sunday at Muirfield Village Club. Properly, on the course Jack Nicklaus built as well as in a tournament he hosts, the win, the 73rd in Woods’ career, ties the Golden Bear for that second in history. The 2 trail Mike Snead’s 82 victories.

Now Woods, who went 30 several weeks with no win around the PGA Tour after his late-evening vehicle crash in November 2009, has momentum - and many likely would be the favorite - heading in to the second major championship of year, the U.S. Open at Olympic Club in Bay Area in 2 days.

“Boy, I hit it good today,” stated Woods, who fired models of 70-69-73-67 after entering the big event following a worst three-tournament stretch of his career, which incorporated two ties for 40th (in the Masters and also the Gamers) along with a skipped cut (in the Wells Fargo Championship at the beginning of May). “That was some great stuff available. Irreverent never really skipped a go today.

“I candy striped it today, in the start. The only real shot I tugged was the 2nd shot on 10. Apart from that, every shot was precisely the shape, the trajectory, the length control (I needed). I'd everything today, shape off tees, whatever club I needed hitting, I possibly could hit. Which was fun to be after i needed it?”

The important thing shot would be a nick-in birdie from the bad lie in heavy rough from 50 ft around the 16th hole, a go Nicklaus stated was “the most unbelievably gutsy shot I’ve seen.”

With little from the lightning-fast Eco-friendly to utilize, along with a water hazard, Woods only wished to obtain the ball within eight to ten ft from the cup. Rather he hit a flop shot together with his 60-degree pitching wedge after which viewed it trickle and trickle and trickle before vanishing in to the hole.

“If he’s short, the tournament’s over. If he’s lengthy, the tournament’s over,” Nicklaus stated. “He puts it within the hole. . . . Exactly what a shot. I don’t think underneath the circumstance I’ve seen a much better shot.”