It really does look like it’s about to happen. Thirteen-and-a-half months after a car crash that Tiger Woods said could have resulted in the amputation of his lower right leg, the greatest golf...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/if-tiger-woods-tees-off-at-the-masters-hell-be-playing-to-win/
First, we talk about Tiger Woods, who was injured in what looked like a horrible car crash last week. We agree that it’s far too early to speculate about whether he’ll ever return to the PGA ...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/tiger-woods-doesnt-need-a-comeback/
Dustin Johnson has finished each of the past three seasons ranked among the top three players in the world. He has more wins on the PGA Tour than any active golfer not named Tiger Woods or Phil M...
With Tiger Woods restored to his familiar place among golf’s major winners, it’s tempting to allow the sports nostalgia to seep in. Tiger’s back! It’s just like the 1990s again! But as is...
The first time Tiger Woods won the Masters, becoming the youngest to ever do it, he decimated the field and crumbled in his father’s arms. “We made it,” Earl Woods told his then-21-year-old...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/tiger-woods-completes-his-staggering-career-comeback/
As the world’s greatest golfers convene in Augusta, Georgia, this week for the Masters, it’s time for every sports fan’s annual rite of spring: wild speculation about whether Tiger Woods ca...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/tiger-woods-may-not-get-a-better-shot-at-another-green-jacket/
The feeling of inevitability Sunday was surprising. As Tiger Woods was decimating the small field at the Tour Championship to claim his 80th professional victory, ending a five-year winless droug...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-tiger-woods-finally-put-it-all-together-again/
Tiger Woods has won golf tournaments in pretty much every corner of the map, from Australia to Dubai and even Japan. But the place where he’s dominated most is America’s heartland: the Midwes...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/tiger-woods-plays-his-best-in-the-midwest/
The United States could only humbly watch in recent weeks as the World Cup, among the most-viewed sporting events on the planet, mesmerized the globe. For those who didn’t drink their fill of o...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/i-believe-that-we-will-win-at-golf/
Tiger Woods returned to the Masters on Thursday for the first time since 2015, shooting an opening-round 1-over 73 and slotting into 29th place headed into Friday. One year after his fourth back ...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/just-how-much-does-tiger-affect-tv-ratings-for-the-masters/
This website recently argued that even if Tiger Woods’s golf game took a multiyear hiatus, his celebrity didn’t. Though up-and-coming stars like Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Dustin Johnson...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/tigers-back-but-hes-not-the-same/
The 18-man field of this week’s Hero World Challenge — a tournament that seems to function mostly as an excuse to wrangle the world’s best golfers and Derek Jeter for a hang in the Bahamas ...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/tiger-woods-never-really-left/
After an absolutely scorching first three rounds of the 2015 Masters, 21-year-old Jordan Spieth shot a 2-under-par 70 Sunday to finish off his first major championship victory. Giving the perform...
When Tiger Woods teed off Thursday afternoon to begin this year’s Masters bid, it was the start of just his third appearance of the 2015 season and his first competitive round since a back inju...
Two more women accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault Wednesday, bringing the total number of accusers to 26, including 19 who have made public allegations. After an accuser stepped forward last mo...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/bill-cosby-rape-allegations-most-trusted-celebrities/
You couldn’t have scripted a more media-ready changing-of-the-guard than this year’s PGA Tour Championship. Since Tiger Woods’s gentle smack-talk after Rory McIlroy’s British Open win in ...
Joe Posnanski had a fascinating piece at NBC Sports last week regarding comments made by Tiger Woods after Rory McIlroy’s British Open victory (the third major title for the 25-year-old). When ...
With his British Open victory Sunday, Rory McIlroy captured the third major championship of his career. This puts him in some incredible company — only 44 players in the history of golf have wo...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-rory-mcilroy-stacks-up-to-tiger-and-jack/
We can always be certain of a few things about the Masters Tournament, which starts Thursday at the Augusta National Golf Club: The azaleas will be in bloom. The course will be pristine. The post...