Two records, two obsessions in the calculated mind of one of the best athletes in history, Tiger Woods . The first, reach the 18 majors of Jack Nicklaus . After the last Augusta Masters , Woods is three great to reach the great Golden Bear. The second was the 82 victories of Sam Snead on the PGA Tour . After the triumph in Japan, Woods can already boast of having reached the mythical figure, and once again, he did so when many had already buried his career. The operation on his left knee a month and a half ago to repair his battered cartilage again triggered the alarms. Total Woods has 82 wins and 13 operations . His story shook the world of sports again and starred in the nth example of overcoming about to turn 44.

Triumph in Japan

A decade later Woods returned to Japan in the midst of a Japanese collective hysteria after the myth of the tiger. Typhoon Hagibis's throbbing caused an end on Monday and a prolongation of the Californian exhibition, whose game has reminded the golden era of his tyranny. The reunion on Monday with the seven final holes and three strokes of advantage was not the best plan for Woods, who recognized that playing at the very first hour of the day negatively affects his punished body and forces him to set the alarm clock at odd hours to heat all joints. The local idol Hideki Matsuyama came to have a clear putt on the 14th to be placed at a single blow. But he failed and Woods remade himself with a valuable birdie in the 14th, three strokes ahead again. The birdie in Matsuyama 16 again reduced the lead to two strokes. The Woods is now less explosive but more effective. The pair in the 17 and birdie in the 18 were enough to add this special triumph in the winners of Tiger Woods with three strokes of advantage.

Since that first win in Las Vegas in 1996 Woods has played 359 PGA Tour tournaments accumulating those 82 wins that tie him with Snead. In principle Woods will reappear at the end of the year in the Bahamas in an unofficial tournament, so we will have to wait until 2020 to know if Tiger is able to overcome 82 wins. The last appointment of the year will be the Presidents Cup in Australia where Woods will act as captain and could choose himself. At the moment Woods already savors a more accomplished goal waiting for almost a year where Tiger will return to Japan and has already confessed that he would like to hang an Olympic medal on his neck.

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