Tiger Woods looked like his career might have been over after a disastrous performance at the U.S. Open. Former swing coach Butch Harmon called Tiger “a lost soul.”
Most golfers — with the exception of Tiger circa 2000 and Rory McIlroy before he ruptured an ankle ligament playing soccer — are extremely volatile from week to week, so naturally Woods responded with one of his best performances in years. Woods didn’t win the Greenbrier Classic — and he wasn’t even close, finishing in a tie for 32nd — but he led the entire field in strokes gained by approach shots.