Tiger Woods won his first major championship since 2008

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last updated 15 April 2019

Well, well, well. Look who's back.

Tiger Woods won his fifth green jacket on Sunday, capturing the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Woods, donning his all-too-familiar red Nike shirt, emerged from an incredibly close field, beating three other players — Dustin Johnson, Xander Schauffle, and Brooks Koepka — by just one stroke. Four more players finished two strikes behind.

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The win serves as the culmination of Woods' comeback tour after more than a decade marred by off-the-course scandals and injury. It is his 15th major championship victory in a storied career, but just his first since 2008. Woods now trails only Jack Nicklaus, who has six green jackets, in career Masters wins. Watch Woods' title-clinching putt below. Tim O'Donnell

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Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.