Jim McCabe: Wounded Tiger Woods must prove he’s still a threat

When in a cool, gray dusk in the shadows of the Old Course Hotel Tiger Woods turned from his practice-putting at the 16th fairway to see that Jordan Spieth was the next player approaching, the philosophical question could have been asked.

Jim McCabe: Wounded Tiger Woods must prove he’s still a threat
Thu, 16 Jul, 2015 - 01:00
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Was Spieth gaining on Woods?

Or was Woods waiting on Spieth?

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