Justin Rose predicts a major a year for Tiger Woods after his victory at Arnold Palmer Invitational
It wasn’t the usual red shirt rather a faded orange that Tiger Woods decided to wear on the final of the Arnold Palmer Invitational last week but regardless of the colour, it was the same old Woods that thrashed the fields for a consecutive 15 years on PGA
and soared to end the winless streak and won his first title after a lapse of more than two years.
The 36-year-old Woods who has been winless for a whooping 923 days, the longest winless haul of his career, clinched the title on a hot day at the Bay Hill, landing the title by a staggering five strokes lead.
Many of the golf critics, who have been relying on Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy for the upcoming Masters next month, are now recalculating their bets.
Englishman Justin Rose is one such player and spoke highly of Woods’ stunning performance in the event. He even went on to claim that Woods will be bagging at least one major title a year from here onwards.
He said, "To tell you the truth, if he's going to be playing like this again, I think he will dominate golf again. I see him winning a major a year for the next five, six years, plus four other tournaments a year. Which is pretty d**n good”.
Rose insists that Woods will be a hard-to-beat player at next month’s Masters at Augusta National, a course where he has landed the title for no fewer than four times in the past.
He added, "He's going to be the man to beat at Augusta. Even Tiger playing badly has competed at Augusta the last couple of years”.
Woods started off the final round with a one stroke lead and stayed steady throughout the 18-hole stretch to land the title.
He pulled in a humble two-under, 70 on the final day, where only a handful were able to break par.
Woods said, "It does feel good, it feels really good. It's been a lot of hard work. It was just pure joy”.
Woods is now back in the top-10 on the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) after falling out of the top-50 for the first time in 15 years.
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