Tiger Woods has climbed a ridiculous 1,173 places in golf's world rankings in just 8 months after undergoing spinal fusion

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• Tiger Woods is enjoying a wild comeback in sport.
• The American golfer placed second in the last of golf's major tournaments this year.
• But what is most impressive is the fact that Woods has risen from 1,199th in the world golf rankings to 26th — and it's only taken him eight months.
  

Tiger Woods, the most famous golfer on the planet, is enjoying a wild comeback in sport.

Woods has not won a golf major in ten years but came close last weekend when he finished second to Brooks Koepka at the 2018 PGA Championship — the last of the four majors this season.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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