It was one of those magical Tiger Woods moments again: With an elegant swing, the superstar hit his golf ball on the third hole of the classy Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando from a good 200 meters straight to the flag. An almost perfect shot. It almost seemed as if the serious Tiger Woods car accident had never happened in Los Angeles less than ten months ago. When he and his twelve-year-old son Charlie played eleven birdies in a row on the second day, even a little golf fairy tale was within reach - but John Daly and his son ended up two shots better.
Woods grinned at the award ceremony more broadly than ever before as the runner-up - and never tired of emphasizing how far he was still from playing golf at the highest level.
"Even a few weeks ago it wasn't clear if we would have this opportunity," said the 15-time major winner.
"And yet we are here and had a great time."
"I still have my leg"
He is far from being able to fully load his right leg, which was broken several times in the accident, and the speed of his golf swing is nowhere near as high as it used to be.
"I took two or three good strokes today that went exactly the way I wanted them to," Woods said on Saturday.
He also lacks a lot of stamina.
To protect his legs, Woods sat down in the golf cart with his 14-year-old daughter Sam and girlfriend Erica after each stroke and drove after his ball.
Son Charlie walked the golf course.
For Woods in Florida, despite all the ambition, it was evidently not about victory, but solely about having fun.
“That was only my fourth or fifth round this year.
I'm a bit exhausted, "Woods told NBC after his appearance," it was good that we had a golf cart. "Then he added, regarding the severity of his injury:" I still have my leg, what was questionable for a while and it works. I'm just happy and grateful. "