
Tiger Woods and then-caddie Steve Williams celebrate after Woods won the 2009 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. (Golfweek File)
2009: Tiger pumped after 6th win at Bay Hill
At age 33, Tiger Woods delivered a vintage Woods fist-pump after he beat Sean O’Hair by one shot on the final hole of the event. Woods shot a 67 Sunday, while O’Hair struggled in the final round with a 73. Woods rolled in a 16-footer to win it. Woods was playing in just his third tournament since having knee surgery the previous June following his 2008 U.S. Open victory. Woods trailed this final-round Sunday in Orlando by as many as five shots. The victory, his 66th, also ended the longest winless drought of Woods’ career (at that time) of 286 days. “You can understand sometimes when some of the older players haven’t been in contention in a while and they come back and then all of a sudden they put themselves in contention and then they win,” Woods said. “You just remember how to do it. It hasn’t been that long for me, but you just have that feel of what to do and it’s a matter of getting it done.”