Tour Championship: Tiger Woods' dramatic 2018 victory at East Lake

Tiger Woods won't be defending his Tour Championship title this week, a year on from returning to the winner’s circle in dramatic fashion at East Lake.

The 15-time major champion failed to qualify for this year's contest in Atlanta, ending an injury-affected campaign in 42nd place, having completed an astonishing comeback to win the event in 2018.

Woods started the 2017-18 season outside of the world's top 1,000 and unsure how his body would cope with a full PGA Tour schedule, only to finish the campaign with a historic 80th PGA Tour title.

Woods finished two strokes clear of Billy Horschel in Atlanta

After undergoing a fourth bout of back surgery and having made a limited number of starts in over the previous few years, Woods made a rapid rise up the world rankings on his return to regular competitive action.

The former world No 1 posted runner-up finishes at the Valspar Championship and PGA Championship, as well as three other top-10s in 2019, on his way to securing a spot in the season-ending event.

Woods has since gone on to win the Masters, leaving him one short of Sam Snead's record of 82 PGA Tour titles

Woods held a share of the lead after each of the first two rounds and then posted a round-of-the-day 65 on Saturday to open up a three-shot lead, putting him in the final group alongside Rory McIlroy for the first time on the PGA Tour.

An opening-hole birdie was cancelled out by a bogey at the 10th, before a 12-foot birdie at the 13th gave Woods a five-stroke cushion heading into the closing holes.

Woods' victory saw him end the season second in the FedExCup standings, as Justin Rose won the $10million jackpot.

Back-to-back bogeys from the 15th and an important par-save at the 17th saw Woods move to the par-five last with his lead cut to two, where thousands of spectators helped create one of the most iconic moments in modern golf.