On Monday, Tiger Woods reclaimed the number one spot in golf— a coveted position he had surrendered in early 2010. During his time in the wilderness, he had had to battle the demons that assailed him when he suffered a hip injury, a loss of form and a public demystification which ended in a costly divorce.
Just one of these three is enough to derail most athletes. A combination of the three at the same time could signal a death knell to the most distinguished of careers.