Between 2014 and 2017, Tiger Woods had to undergo four back surgeries, completing just one tournament between August 2015 and January 2018 in the process.
However, in true fairytale style, he claimed his fifth green jacket in 2019 when he successfully won The Masters at Augusta.
Despite it being a well documented fairytale and one of sport's greatest stories, there's a whole lot you don't know about his success that year.
It was Woods' 15th Major career title, 11 years after his first Major, and it signalled a remarkable 81st career PGA title. But that week at Augusta, 19 months ago, was the culmination of an incredible comeback from a true sporting great.
ESPN have done some excellent work and drawn attention to 12 crucial things that non-golf fanatics might not know about Woods' incredible story.
An Essential Sunday Session
A Sunday session with friend Rob McNamara proved crucial in Woods' preparation for Augusta, wherein the golfer showed with only a wedge and a putter. Earlier that week, Woods and McNamara had played a practice round at Augusta, with Woods shooting a 65 and finishing with a three-putt bogey on hole one.
McNamara said: "All year he [had been driving] the ball and really struck the ball extremely well. It was just scoring. Short game and putting.
"I started to see a change once he started pitching it really close and tight. That was some of that work on Sunday night. Just taking a wedge around. He knew it was about pitches and chips and controlling your distance and your speed and your spin. He started getting dialled in and had a nice feel. I think that carried him through."
Caddie Doubts
Preparation for The Masters 2019 didn't begin until January that year, with a run of five events - in which Woods never finished closer than eight strokes to the winner.
It gave rise to concern for caddie Joe LaCava, who said: "Personally, I wasn't quite sure he had enough tournament rounds.
"I think he knew he needed to save up some energy and it was more important for him to be rested and get his back worked on versus playing tournament golf.
"Easy to say now because he won the thing. But I thought we needed one or two more tournaments to be a little sharper going in."
Skipping Tuesday
While LaCava might've been concerned about a lack of preparation time with tournaments, Woods was just as calm when it came to how much he practised, sometimes resulting in criticism for not seeing the course enough.
But Woods said it was one of the best moves he made not going to practice on a wet Tuesday when the greens had slowed.
"They didn't quite cut them," Woods said. "The golf course was playing slower. I knew they would speed it up come Thursday. That was the best thing I could have done."
The Wednesday Putting Contest
A day before the tournament began, Woods played a practice tournament with Fred Couples and Justin Thomas, which saw Woods facing a 50-foot two-putt downhill, which he managed within inches to save par.
"We finished up on Wednesday with JT and Fred, Tiger dropped a ball and they had a little closest-to contest. He dropped the ball a foot from where he hit it on Sunday. And the pin was a foot from where it was on Sunday," said LaCava.
Timely Arrivals
Woods got within one shot of leader Francesco Molinari at the par-four seventh. It just so happened that, due to Woods' daughter Sam's loss in her soccer team's tournament, both his children made it to Augusta to see Woods play for only the second time in Georgia.
Unsure if they had arrived when Woods teed off at 9:20am that day, he saw them at the seventh hole when he tapped in for a birdie. He didn't see them again till the 18th hole.
The Turning Point at 12
Webb Simpson was playing in the group in front of Woods, with Brooks Koepka and Ian Poulter, and could feel the energy of the crowd behind the five-time Masters victor.
When Molinari and Tony Finau found Rae's Creek at 13, it was the first time anybody cheered for a water ball at Augusta, Simpson recalls.
"When I was on 13 [tee] waiting to hit, I turned around to see Tiger on the [12th] green. That's when I think as a player, you remove yourself for a second, and you take in the moment. And I did that. I grew up watching him.
"In '97, I was there for a practice round. And then it's his Sunday red on the 12th green of Augusta, maybe the most famous picture in golf. It was cool. I told myself, 'You're competing against Tiger Woods in the Masters.' This is a childhood dream. So I took that in."
More Molinari Messiness
Molinari still found himself in the tournament despite a double bogey at the 12th, tied with Woods at the par-five 15th, with just four holes to play.
Molinari doubled at 15, his ball diving into the pond via a tree limb. Woods then birdied the hole to take a one-shot lead.
Molinari said: "The unravelling for me started on the 15th tee box. "I hit it right out into the trees. I just had like a childish moment. I was literally standing over my driver and I thought, 'Holy crap, I'm leading the Masters.
"I could have easily stepped off and kind of regrouped, but I pulled the trigger and hit it into the trees and I was scrambling for par on 15.
"I was on the [pine] needles on the right and I had to hit a low shot because I had some tree limbs in front of me. So I tried to chip a 4-iron down the hill and I was trying to get to the left side because I thought to that flag I would be like chipping up the hill. But I just hit my second shot probably 5 yards too far. And then I had the branches of the tree in front of me."
16th Hole Chaos
Woods hit an 8-iron shot at the par-three 16th, which landed on a slope and, kicking left, gained momentum till it stopped a few feet shy of the hole, setting him up for a birdie and a two-shot advantage.
"It was one of those moments you'll never forget. The crowd is so loud they're oblivious to everyone on the tee," said Simpson.
Stepping up at 17
In 2005, just like 2019, Woods approached the 17th hole in a familiar position - a two-shot lead with two holes remaining. But in 2005, he bogeyed twice to fall into a playoff against Chris DiMarco.
But this time, Woods found the fairway and knocked his approach to 10 feet, just missing the birdie putt. He went onto the 18th with a two-shot advantage.
The Scene at 18
His victory-securing putt was followed by raised, triumphant arms and elated cheers in the scoring area. By the clubhouse, several former champions, such as Zach Johnson and Bubba Watson, awaited him in their green jackets.
"I wanted to congratulate him," Schauffele said, who tied for second with Koepka and Dustin Johnson
"I didn't know him very well at the time but I know him a little bit better since he was the playing captain in the Presidents Cup."
"Augusta is known for being very quiet and reserved, traditional, and it was a circus when Tiger came off that 18th hole."
The Green Jacket Ceremony
The second ceremony on the putting green was uncertain to go ahead due to the weather, wherein the defending champion places the jacket on the new. Woods had a pared-down ceremony on the 18th green, where he was cloaked by 2018 winner Patrick Reed.
"When I was done [playing], sitting there and waiting and watching it unfold, and then see Tiger make the putt to win, it was inspiring," Reed said.
"To put the jacket on him was unbelievable. The only thing I could think of when I did that was to not mess it up. I reminded myself to make sure I put the jacket on him correct. And we got that job done. But it was a special moment."
In the Gloaming
While Woods' jacket was being tailored, a 90-minute process, he headed to Butler Cabin for an interview with Jim Nantz from CBS, which aired when the final round was rebroadcast. Woods, later that day, gave a speech to the members of the clubhouse during a cocktail party, and obliged for photos.
But because of the early start, it was still light when Woods emerged from his obligations, a scene he had never seen before.
"I was out there with Sam and Charlie and I said, 'This is what Augusta National is like.' You see the beauty of it. The rolling hills. The perfect grass. It was immaculate," Woods said.
"It's so different when nobody is out there. That's when they started to understand how beautiful the place is."