Tiger Woods akawuqedanga umzuliswano wakhe wokugcina we-Genesis Invitational ukuthi ubengathanda kanjani ngeSonto e-Riviera Country Club e-California. Kodwa ukuqeda le mizuliswano emine – ukuqala lokho – ukumane wenze umcibisholo ngemuva koLwesihlanu, bekuyisimanga kukodwa.
Njengoba eqeda ngo a nge-putt ngo-18, ukubhonga kwakudala kukaWoods kwavela esixukwini sibukele. UWoods uqede ebambene endaweni yama-45 emqhudelwaneni ngemuva kokudubula ama-73 (amabili ngaphezulu kwe-par) ukuze aqedele ku-minus-1 ngesonto.
Kodwa umbuzo osezingqondweni zawo wonke umuntu ngemuva kokubona uWoods eqeda lo mzuliswano owokuthi uzobuyela nini esikimini. Unikeze ukuqonda okuthile ngengqondo yakhe eya phambili ngo-2023.
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UTiger Woods wase-United States udlala ishodi lakhe lesibili esuka kumgodi we-17 emzuliswaneni wokugcina we-Genesis Invitational e-Riviera Country Club ngoFebhuwari 19, 2023, ePacific Palisades, eCalifornia. (Izithombe zikaHarry How/Getty)
“Ngokuncintisana, angazi,” utshele i-CBS ngemuva komzuliswano wakhe wokugcina. “Inhloso yami unyaka nonyaka lapha ukuya phambili wukudlala kuwo wonke ama-majors. Ngeke ngidlale kakhulu kunalokho. Umzimba wami, umlenze wami nomhlane wami ngeke ungivumele ukuthi ngidlale kakhulu kunalokho. lokho bekuyinhloso yami ngonyaka odlule. Ngikwazile ukudlala amathathu kwamane. Kulo nyaka, ngethemba ukuthi ngingadlala wone. Lokho kuzoba wuhlelo lwami ukuya phambili ngenxa yokulinganiselwa enginakho.”
UWoods ubebhekene nokulimala okuningi kusukela engozini yemoto yakhe ngo-2021, okwaholela ekulimaleni kaningi emlenzeni wakhe wesokudla, onyaweni naseqakaleni. Uphinde wabhekana ne-plantar fasciitis muva nje.
Lona bekuwumqhudelwano wokuqala kaWoods ogunyazwe kusukela ku-Open Championship ngoJulayi 2022. Walwa nezinhlungu kuma-majors ngonyaka odlule futhi usanda kudlala ku-PNC Championship ngoDisemba nendodana yakhe, uCharlie, nakuba kwakusobala ukuthi ibuhlungu.
Kodwa uWoods ubelungiselela lesi sikhathi, futhi njengoba engakaze awine e-Riviera, unikeze isibhamu sakhe esihle kakhulu. Sekukonke, wayeyithanda indlela ayedlala ngayo.
“Umdlalo wami ulungile,” utshele i-CBS ngemuva komzuliswano wokugcina. “Yebo, kugqwalile. Ngenza amaphutha ayisiphukuphuku lapha nalaphaya. Angizange ngilibambe ngokushesha ijubane lemifino usuku nosuku njengokungathi bengidlala ngokujwayelekile. Kodwa sekukonke, ngezwa sengathi ngilishaya ibhola. engathi kade ngiyishaya ekhaya. Manje sekumele ngiyikhiphe lapha lapho okumele ngihambe khona ngisuka ephuzwini elingu-A ngiye ko-B, futhi lokho kwakuhlala kuwubunzima bayo.”
“Ngibonga kakhulu ngeqembu lami ngokungilungisa njalo ebusuku, ekuseni. Okungenani ngizinike ithuba lokuphuma ngiyodlala, futhi ngikwazile ukukwenza.”

U-Tiger Woods wase-United States usabela ngemva kokubeka i-putt ku-13th green emzuliswaneni wokugcina we-Genesis Invitational e-Riviera Country Club ngo-February 19, 2023, e-Pacific Palisades, California. (Izithombe zikaCliff Hawkins/Getty)
Leli sonto alifikanga ngaphandle ezinye izingxabano ezivela Woods, obonakale enikeza u-Justin Thomas, omunye wababhangqwana beqembu lakhe i-tampon, ngemuva kokumkhipha yena noRory McIlroy emgodini. Wakushalazela, wathi “kungabangane bezijabulisa,” kodwa abanye bakubheka njengesenzo sokungahloniphi abesifazane.
“Bekufanele kube wumdlalo ohlekisayo, kodwa kusobala ukuthi akwenzekanga kanjalo,” kusho uWoods. “Uma ngicasula umuntu, bekungenjalo,” usho kanje.
U-69 ngoLwesine ubene-Woods e-2-under, eyamsusa onyaweni lwesokudla. Kodwa-ke, uhambe ama-over amathathu ngoLwesihlanu ukuze adlulele ku-one-over, okwamenza wanquma. Yilokho kuphela abalandeli ababedinga ukukubona.
U-Woods wabe esephuma ngoMgqibelo nomzuliswano wakhe omuhle kusukela ebuyile, ehlanganisa i-67 ene-bogey eyodwa ku-Hole 7, ama-birdies amathathu kanye nokhozi emgodini wokuqala we-par-5 ukumletha ku-3-under ngempelasonto.
NgeSonto, u-Woods akakwazanga ukuthola uhlobo olufanayo lokushaya amagoli, eshaya amagoli amahlanu emzuliswaneni uma kuqhathaniswa nezinyoni ezintathu.
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U-Tiger Woods wase-United States ubukele kusukela kokuluhlaza kwe-14 emzuliswaneni wokugcina we-Genesis Invitational e-Riviera Country Club ngo-February 19, 2023, e-Pacific Palisades, California. (Izithombe zikaHarry How/Getty)
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