Tiger's son Charlie watches daddy

Tiger Woods hit a spectator in the head, dumped one in the hazard on the par-3 5th (his 14th of the day), struggled with his ballstriking, but he scrambled his way to a two-under 68 at PGA National to safely make weekend play. Phew. Tournament directors, sponsors, network executives and fans can stop panicking and rest easy.

Yes, “Tiger makes the cut” is now breaking news. Weird. (Maybe stranger that I’m not used to it by now?) (continue reading…)

Tiger Woods: Skinned in Thailand

In a show of goodwill, Tiger Woods visited Thailand, the native country of his mother Kultida Woods, for the first time in ten years, and played in the “World Golf Salutes King Bhumibol” charity skins tournament, with Camilo Villegas, Paul Casey and Thongchai Jaidee, on Monday. Woods was mic’ed up for the event (hope there was a bleep-delay!), but unfortunately, he didn’t give the enthusiastic crowd much of a show on the golf course.

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