Tiger Woods secured his first major since 2008 with a win at The Masters on the Augusta National on Sunday. He completed a tremendous comeback out of controversy and injury. And finally, Tiger is back.

Upon sinking his final put, Woods flashed a fist pump, then threw up his arms in celebration with a huge smile. As he left the course, he stopped to see his kids, who embraced their father after the victory in the same place Woods embraced his father after another Masters win.

Woods' win marks his fifth Masters title, one shy of Jack Nicklaus' record, and 15th major win, three behind Nicklaus.

Woods joins Nicklaus as the only player to win a Masters in three different decades.

There were 3,954 days between Woods' win Sunday and his previous major victory, at the 2008 U.S. Open. That's the fifth longest span between major titles.

It would require the pagination of a telephone directory to properly record what occurred on this Masters Sunday. Woods’s closing round of 70 for a 13-under-par 275 ensured he won by one from Dustin Johnson, Xander Schauffele and Brooks Koepka; not that anybody seemed particularly bothered about raw details. Superlatives rained from the skies.

Francesco Molinari, who showed such fortitude for three and a half days, wobbled horribly over Augusta’s famous closing stretch. The sorest episode of all for the holder of the Claret Jug arrived at the 15th, where he found the middle of a pond when only 79 yards from the hole. Molinari’s share of fifth does not at all illustrate his contribution to this major.

At 9.20am all 445 yards of the 1st hole – with spectators 10 deep in places – gave the impression half the state of Georgia was watching the final group. Woods, by his own admission prone to terrible bouts of nervousness before opening tee shots, split the fairway. As Molinari tugged his approach shot long and left, gallery excitement grew; the Open champion was to save par from 13ft.

A straightforward Woods birdie at the 3rd reduced Molinari’s advantage to one. As the wind whipped, Woods under-clubbed his tee shot to the par-three next and paid the penalty by way of a bogey. There was likewise for Woods at the 5th, a hole he played in an aggregate of plus four. Suddenly Molinari was three clear.