Tiger Woods hoping waiting game pays dividends again as he defends Masters title

Tiger Woods won his first major title for 11 years in the 2019 Masters (Niall Carson/PA)

After waiting so long for a 15th major title, it is perhaps fitting that Tiger Woods has held on to it for far longer than expected.

Woods won his fifth Masters in April last year, an incredible 3,954 days since he beat Rocco Mediate in a play-off for the 2008 US Open, despite a double stress fracture and knee injury which prompted season-ending surgery.