It was beautiful.
Tiger Woods had just won his fifth Masters, his first major in 11 years, to complete one of the great athletic comebacks in recent sports history. After he sunk a short putt to save bogey and finish off the tournament, he shook the other players’ hands, hugged his caddie, cheered on for the crowd, but then he had one thing on his mind – finding his son.
What many people noted quickly – the spot he hugged his son, Charlie, was nearly the exact same spot he had hugged his father, Earl, back in 1997 at Woods’ first win at Augusta.
Earl Woods passed away in 2006.
“It’s come full circle,” Woods said after the win, noting that in his first win 22 years ago he was with his father celebrating the win, and this time he had his son there. “It’s a special feeling.”