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After 4 Back Surgeries, Tiger Woods Wins His First Golf Tournament

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Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It has been more than five years since we've said these words. Tiger Woods has won. Yesterday in Atlanta, that's exactly what happened. The man who once ruled the game won the season-ending Tour Championship. It was his 80th career PGA win, and it's being called one of the greatest sports comebacks in history. Here's NPR's Tom Goldman. TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE: Two things we haven't seen in a long time - Tiger Woods in his traditional Sunday red shirt and black pants tapped in a tournament-clinching putt yesterday - his last win was in 2013 - and then the goose bump moment right before. As he walked up the last fairway, the massive gallery that followed him all day, all tournament swarmed behind him Pied Piper-style and left him laughing at the post-tournament award ceremony. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) TIGER WOODS: Well, I just didn't want to get run over. (LAUGHTER) WOODS: (Laughter) I can't run anymore, so... GOLDMAN: He

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