WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. – Try to look beyond the buzzwords.
Get past the release patterns, the baseline shifts, the feels. Sift through the ever-changing lexicon and you’ll come to two conclusions about Tiger Woods following The Greenbrier Classic: Some progress has been made, but a very long road still lies ahead.
Woods managed to clear more than a few benchmarks during his week in West Virginia, from baby steps like not bogeying the opening hole to larger keys like making the cut and shooting three rounds in the 60s. His final round, specifically, was the closest Woods has appeared to his former self in quite some time.