All stories about Tiger cover a lot of ground, but the primary focus here is on the twenty-two months between his DUI in Florida and his fifth Masters in 2019. Memorial Day weekend in 2017, Tiger was questioned by the Jupiter police and failed a roadside sobriety test. Tiger had no alcohol or illegal drugs in his system, but rather an overload of prescription drugs. As he had had back fusion surgery a few months earlier, it makes some sense that he was taking the pain killers. Of course, this book ranges far and wide, covering his unbelievably complex childhood, his amazing career, and his totally spectacular fall from grace after his 'car crash' Thanksgiving weekend in 2009. For background, the biography by Benedict and Keteyian that was posted on this blog in May, 2018 reviews all of those matters in exquisite and superb detail. The endless surgeries had led Tiger to tell Gary Player at the 2017 Masters Champions dinner that he believed he was finished with golf. He hoped to be able to play with his kids again. Fortunately for Tiger and golf, the fusion surgery was successful. By the end of 2017, he was playing again; by the the summer of 2018, he had come in second at the PGA and won the year-end Tour Championship at East Lake. At the Wednesday night Golf Writers Association of America dinner before the 2019 Masters, Tiger stunned the crowd with his gracious, humble and modest speech. The book beautifully describes his win that week, his first Masters in 14 years and major in 11. For any sports fan, that Sunday was so special that it brought tears to many eyes and can be favorably compared to the greatest moments in sports history.
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