Arnold Palmer Invitational Tag

It has been quite some time since you could say Tiger is the best golfer in the world and be accurate.  Whether or not he is the best is up in the air right now but his world ranking indicates that he is currently the top dog.  Tiger climbs to number 1 after a 29 month hiatus from the top spot.

He does so by claiming his record tying eighth victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.  He already owns the record for most navy jackets but this time he ties the record with Sam Snead for most victories at a single event.  Woods also continues to chip away at the all time victories record which is also held by Snead.  Woods earned his 77th victory and is now just 5 behind Snead.

Three years ago, a victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational would just have just been another notch on Tiger Woods' belt.  Today it marks the first win on the PGA Tour for Tiger Woods in 26 tour events.  According to ESPN.com, the gap in between Tiger victories was a total of 923 days and it was longest drought of Tiger's career by far.

Difficult to assign a lot value to this latest win but it may very well be the most important victory of his illustrious career.  Granted any major, especially the Masters, is way more important than a run-of-the-mill invitational.  And in the end, the number of majors won will ultimately define Woods' career, but his victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational this weekend could be the moment we all look back on.