Tiger Woods And The Comfort Of Predictability

After more than 15 months in the wilderness, with goodness knows what to keep him entertained during his recovery from multiple back surgeries, Tiger finally came back to the PGA Tour this weekend and competed in the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.

The entire sporting world watched and waited; could he begin down the road to superstardom once again?

We Brits absolutely love an underdog. We are far more comfortable cheering on someone who will almost certainly lose because it is actually quite relaxing. They almost always do lose, which is expected and therefore does not bring any form of great discomfort or very occasionally they will manage to overcome the odds – and then the celebrations go on for days. The defeat of Goliath by David is truly a glorious one.