Today Tiger Woods won his 68th career victory on the PGA Tour at Congressional Country Club. Seeing that he is the host of the tournament and is playing very well this year, it seemed a forgone conclusion that he would win. I caught a few glimpses of Tiger this week including his final putt on the 18th hole. The whole week Tiger was neck and neck with reigning champion, Anthony Kim, but it never really felt like Kim was in the driver's seat. 
From a spotter's perspective, when Tiger is playing it makes the tournament ten times more exciting. It was said that on Friday there were 46,000 fans at Congressional and 40,000 of them were following Tiger. The rest of the course felt like a graveyard. Despite that, golf is just better with Tiger present.
As my friend Cliff and I finished our post production jobs, we grabbed a cart and raced down to the 18th green to watch Tiger and Kim finish. Woods was only leading by one stroke as he teed it up on the final hole but it didn't feel like anyone was worried. Tiger hit a perfect tee shot right down the middle of the fairway and then took an 8 iron to the middle of the green. Cliff and I walked underneath the 18th tower a few yards from the green to watch Tiger try and win his own tournament for the first time. He two putted and captured his 68th win on tour. It was meant to be to this week.
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