Tiger Woods Wins First Golf Tournament Since 4 Back Surgeries

Tiger Woods celebrates making a par on the 18th green to win the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club Sunday in Atlanta.

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Tiger Woods has won his first professional golf tournament in more than five years. He was victorious at the season-ending Tour Championship Sunday at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.

NPR’s Tom Goldman tells our Newscast unit: “Woods led the tournament from start to finish. His steady, dominating play seemed like a throwback to the early 2000s, when he ruled the game.”

But Goldman says the “moment of victory in Atlanta, was different. He didn’t throw one of his trademark uppercuts — instead Woods raised his arms and teared up.”