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Wednesday, November 11, 2026Nov 11

Green giant: Tiger Woods is Masters champion again

Tiger Woods celebrates after sinking a putt for bogey, a final round of 2-under-par 70 and a one-stroke victory over Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Xander Schauffele in the Masters on Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club.
Tiger Woods celebrates after sinking a putt for bogey, a final round of 2-under-par 70 and a one-stroke victory over Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Xander Schauffele in the Masters on Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club. Tiger Woods celebrates after sinking a putt for bogey, a final round of 2-under-par 70 and a one-stroke victory over Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Xander Schauffele in the Masters on Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club.
photo Tiger Woods holds the winner’s trophy while wearing his green jacket Sunday at the Masters.
photo Tiger Woods hits a shot on the 12th hole at Augusta National Golf Club during the final round of the Masters on Sunday.
photo Dustin Johnson acknowledges the gallery after making a birdie putt on the eighth hole at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday during the final round of the Masters.
photo Francesco Molinari watches his ball go in the water on the 12th hole during the final round of the Masters.
photo Louis Oosthuizen hits from a bunker on the 10th hole during the final round of the Masters.
photo Justin Thomas celebrates his hole-in-one on No. 16 at Augusta National Golf Club during Sunday’s final round of the Masters.
photo Tiger Woods’ 15th major championship unleashed a wave of emotions at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday.
photo Tiger Woods celebrates with his caddie, Joe LaCava, after winning the Masters on Sunday.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Tiger Woods blazing to victory in his Sunday red at the Masters, a scene once so familiar, was never more stunning.

It was only two years ago at Augusta National Golf Club that Woods needed a nerve block just to hobble upstairs to the Champions’ Dinner, unsure he would ever play another round of golf. He had a fourth back surgery with hopes of simply playing with his two children, not chasing Jack Nicklaus in the record book.

Now it’s all pieced together again – his life, his back, even his golf game.

After going from fallen hero to crippled star, Woods is a Masters champion once more.

He won his fifth green jacket and his 15th major championship, but he had never celebrated with this much raw emotion. The most ferocious fist pump happened when he walked off the 18th green, scooped up his 10-year-old son Charlie, then embraced his mother and his 11-year-old daughter Sam.