Seize the day today

AT the peak of his prowess as a golfer, Tiger Woods was magnificent. He dominated his peers so elegantly, so gracefully — and so mercilessly — that he was easily described as beautiful.

Yesterday, at just 41 years of age, because of recurring back problems, he had to withdraw from the Dubai Desert Classic before hitting a single second-round shot.

This is the latest in a line of back issues that casts a cloud over a career in which he won 14 majors and dozens of ‘ordinary’ tournaments. Woods may be forced to retire from golf.