Tiger was 'done,' but Joe LaCava wasn't done with Tiger

SOUTHBURY, Conn. -- Even when Tiger Woods had given up on Tiger Woods and had confided in friends that he was done as a competitive golfer, Joe LaCava remained his last man standing. The caddie still believed he would share more magical Sundays with his employer. He still thought what happened last month at the Masters was more likely than not.

"I know Tiger can win again," LaCava told his wife, Megan.

As she recalled the darkest days of the extended Tiger-and-Joe layoff last week, Megan LaCava grew emotional just thinking about her husband's blind faith. Woods' back problems started in the spring of 2014. His fourth back surgery three years later, a spinal fusion, seemed like merely the act…