Illustration: Peter Strain “Does Tiger Woods have a serious rival for Golfer of the Year? Not in my house” Just when I begin to think that this time he’s down if not yet out, he comes back after his zillionth operation, flips over to Japan and wins his 82nd PGA title. I give up. He doesn’t.
Yes, Tiger Woods still manages to bemuse, confuse and impress. There is more to pro golf than Tiger but, at 43, he continues, irritatingly to some, to overwhelm everyone else. The PGA Tour players may anoint Rory McIlroy as their man of the moment, others might edge their way towards the Major force that is Brooks Koepka, but, really, as 2019 grinds towards a close, does Woods really have a serious rival for Golfer…
