Tiger finally won again

"Pure joy," he was quoted saying.

Woods finally brought the excitement to abdominal muscles thing that made him famous -- winning.

A fortnight after another injury scare, Woods looked dominant as ever because bright red shirt to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational away Hill. It turned out his first PGA Tour victory since a sex scandal following 2009 resulted in one of the primary downfalls in sports.

And also the Masters only a couple weeks away, Woods looks more capable than in the past of resuming his search Mizuno MP-59 Irons for Jack Nicklaus within the majors.

Woods closed which has a 2-under 70 and won by five shots over Graeme McDowell.

"I think he really just form of nailed home his comeback," McDowell said. "Great to experience a front-row seat watching maybe the best of all time doing what he does best -- winning golf tournaments."

Woods went 923 days and 27 tour events since he last posed having a trophy, plus it showed.

Kneeling to think about his line as he waited his turn to putt around the 18th, Woods tapped his putter on the floor and may barely have a grin, understanding that a long PGA Tour drought of his career involved to finish. As he tapped set for par, he clenched his fist, screamed out, "Yeah!" and hugged his caddie, Joe LaCava.

Walking from the green, Woods extended his black cap to get a sweeping wave toward the gallery.

"It's not like winning a significant Titleist 910 D3 Driver championship or anything," Woods said. "But it certainly feels really good."

The question two weeks ago was as he could play again. Now, it's whether he is able to get back to being the gamer who once ruled golf. It had been the 16th amount of time in his career that Woods has won by a minimum of five shots, also it was the largest margin of victory around the PGA Tour since Rory McIlroy won the U.S. Open by eight.

Woods downplayed the significance of Sunday, indicating on several occasion that they considers it his second win discount golf clubs considering that the scandal. He counts the Chevron World Challenge last December, as he went birdie-birdie to overpower an 18-man field of top-50 players.

But this was significant -- a PGA Tour event using a full field, along with a strong field at that. With a performance so clean that he was not ever seriously challenged on the back nine.