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ONE OF A KIND
Comeback!
iger Woods claimed his fifth Masters win at
Augusta National Golf Club in April, 2019.
This brought him one step closer to fulfilling
T the promise his late father made at the
beginning of Woods’ career - that one day he would beat
Jack Nicklaus out of his lead as the top-winning golfer of
all time.
With the Augusta win, at the age of 43, Woods is second
in the running, only three titles behind Nicklaus, who
won the Masters six times between 1963 and 1986.
Woods’ comeback is a huge corporate success story for
the sponsors who have stood by Woods, particularly
Nike, which, according to a CNN news reports, earned an
estimated $22 million U.S. worth of brand exposure with
this Masters win.
“Champions always believe, and there have
been few serial winners more ruthless than The world is happy to have their golf prodigy playing
again after recovering from back and knee surgeries. The
this golfer, whose significance has long since master golfer has not been idle during his downtime, but
busy running a multi-brand enterprise made up of his
transcended the game of golf.” companies and continued philanthropic causes.
– CNN
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