Tiger Woods finally ended his career draught with a superb win at the Chevron World Challenge. He hit a perfect birdie to end all criticism regarding his form and game. Tiger Woods when asked whether it was vindication, relief or satisfaction that he felt immediately after putting the winning stroke, said he wasn’t really sure, but whatever it was it felt awesome.

The Chevron World Championship is hosted by Tiger Woods for his foundation, the Tiger Woods Foundation. He had started out on the championship with a lot of hope and expectations riding on his back and in spite of being in contention for two previous tournaments, Woods finally clinched the title. In his win, he defeated the former champion Zach Johnson by one shot.

Woods was trailing by a shot with just two holes left to play, when he came up with the two clutch putts. He tied up with Johnson when he holed a 15-footer on the par-3 17^th. He finished it off with élan by hitting a 9-iron from 158 yards. With this win, he improved his world ranking from No. 52 to No. 21 and set the mood for the tournaments in 2012.

Chevron World Championship was Tiger Woods’ 83rd win in a tournament that awards ranking points. However it was his first since the Australian Masters which he won on Nov. 15, 2009, at a time when it seemed that nothing could stop him from ending his winning streak. Soon his car accident happened, which brought out his extramarital affairs, caused him to get a divorce and lose three important sponsors. Since all that time, Woods has matured and has grown up, leaving his messy past and starting on a new note which would be consolidated by his latest win at the Chevron World Challenge.