Woods, a 15-time Major winner, has been linked to performance enhancing drugs in the past
The six-time PGA Major winner Phil Mickelson has seemingly taken a stab at his old rival, Tiger Woods, by liking a post that likens him to the performance enhancing drugs cheat, Lance Armstrong.
Woods returns to professional golf after almost a year out at the Hero World Challenge in the tropical Bahamas, off the coast of Florida, and Mickelson wasted no time in taking a shot at him.
“Tiger making his hat look like sometime you’d put two scoops of ice cream into and cover with sprinkles,” @Bigboypantsgolf posted to X.com, which Mickelson “liked” on the ex-Twitter platform. “Things starting to feel very Lance Armstrong-y.”
It relates to Woods’ physique on the green as he looks well-built and healthy, shooting one-under-par in the third round of the contest that marks his first competition since the Masters in April 2023.
It’s not the first time that the account has suggested the golf legend is on drugs, but it’s quite bizarre to source it from his shape considering that when he was 34 he got into a strong physique, so it isn’t like he randomly transformed his body in the last year.
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Woods feeling good
Since a car crash in February 2021, Woods has been inactive for 22 of the 34 following months that has severely interrupted his attempts to get back into a rhythm since winning the 2019 Masters.
Woods started with two bogeys but got back on form and followed up with four birdies in six holes at the third, sixth, eighth and ninth, showing glimpses of the all-dominating player he used to be.
Despite a positive day back to the sport he is an icon of, the true mentality of an athlete burns through as he insists he has to do better. That’s what a champion does, after all.
“I’m very pleasantly surprised at how I’ve recovered every day,” Woods said, aged 47. “I still have the game; it’s whether the body can do it or not.
“It could have been a little bit better than the score indicates. I think I could have shot something in the high 60s today.”
