than two years. reporter: a moment exactly 749 days since we had seen it last. today was such a picture perfect day. reporter: tiger woods tale is well known, unprecedented success as a golfer and uber pitchman and global icon that myths make. why did he win in a tournament that didn t count against a field of 17 other players so meaningful? it shows just how far woods fell and what he is doing and still must do on the road back to himself. that fist pump was tiger saying, i m back, maybe. that his game at least for the couple days was much more like the tiger woods of old. reporter: it wasn t just the crucible that began with the infamous suv crash on thanksgiving, 2009, the sex scandal that would cost him his marriage to his wife and $22 million in sponsorship losses. woods body was falling apart, the maladies of