In professional sports, there is always a “Comeback Player of Year” award or a feel-good story about an athlete or team who succeeded despite the odds or obstacles that stood in their way.
The Boston sports landscape is no stranger to comebacks – from the 2004 Red Sox team that overcame a 3-0 series deficit in the American League Championship Series to win four games in a row and send the hated New York Yankees home to Boston Strong, the city’s battle cry after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
Golf also is notorious for producing these feel-good comeback stories – Ben Hogan’s championship run after his horrific car accident, that miraculous Sunday at the 1999 Ryder Cup at The Country Club in Brookline and Tiger Woods’ miraculous returns at the 2019 and 2022 Masters, all come to mind.
