Tiger Woods: The year that got away from the world number one?
Tiger Woods called it a "pretty damned good year" and, with that, packed away his clubs for 2013.
It was a good year for the world number one. Five victories helped reinstate him at the top of the rankings. Nobody won more tournaments or gained more ranking points over the past 12 months than the 14-time major champion.
Yet he could be excused an unfulfilled feeling. It was a curious year packed with incident both on and off the course and, most significantly, another in which he failed to add to his tally of major titles.
The denouement of Woods's final event almost summed it up. Another promising position slipped from his grasp in a manner that few could have predicted.