More than enough has already been written and said about Tiger Woods’s victory in the Masters this weekend – about the improbable nature of his comeback and everything the victory means for him, and the sport.

I don’t necessarily want to add to the analysis, since plenty of others have already said it better than I could. But I do want to touch on one specific point.

Winning the Masters is incredibly tough – virtually impossible for the average person to even consider.

Yet Tiger’s journey over the past decade somehow made it so much more meaningful.

Winning the most iconic tournament in the sport makes for a nice moment.

A revival from the ashes makes this:

Say what you want about Tiger, and the journey that got him here, but there’s something incredibly encouraging about the journey we’ve seen – from champion…to mental breakdown and public shame…to injuries and surgeries…to walking…eventually swinging a club…competing…collapsing on Sundays…recovering and inching closer…and eventually winning the big one.

It’s incredible. One of the greatest comebacks in the history of sports.

And it’s a lesson for when we catch a bad break.

Sure it’s fun to win when it’s easy.

But the climb is even more satisfying when it starts with adversity.

-Brandon