Tiger Takes the Tour Championship by Its Tail; Wins His 80th Title

Talk about a flashback.

For all his foibles -- putting it mildly -- there's no doubt Tiger Woods is still a phenomenom. A huge one.

Dude's got a global appeal that sports celebrities in North America can only imagine.

This week, at the PGA's final event of the season -- the Tour Championship -- Atlanta's sports teams could only dream of the following and ratings Tiger accumulated.

 

Five years ago, Woods won his 79th tournament.

Now, after all that's gone between, he's finally claimed his 80th:

 

 

Not to be lost in Tiger's triumphant comeback from the depths of world golf's obscurity zone is the point that the FedEx Cup itself -- and the $10million check that goes with it -- went to Justin Rose:

 

The FedEx Cup, kinda like NASCAR's Xfinity Series, can be a funky one to follow for casual fans. It's one of the reasons the PGA's gonna make another run at clarifying its format in 2019.

The idea is for a less complicated celebration at the end.

 

For this year, though, two dudes are pleased with the outcome.

• Rose surely feels that stashing another $10million in his account can't go amiss, and
• Woods has put a stamp on the fact that he's back.