Thursday, April 29

7 under, 2 over.

Maybe the sexx was like steroids for Woods, who finished 9 behind Bo Van Pelt at Quail Hollow today. It's only Thursday sure, but my mind still jumps ahead, thinking: "If that's it, he can always take up the sexx again, after the divorce comes through, right?" *

Not nosy really, just how my mind thinks...

The cheer that rumbled across the almost empty golf course was like the first hint of thunder from an approaching storm. But the cheers did not foreshadow the revival of Woods’s golf game, just the arrival of an old-style Woods gallery — a multihued conglomeration of nationalities and races, much like those he attracted earlier in his career. It was accompanied by a discreet but visible police presence — both uniformed and undercover, on foot, on bicycles and on Segways — as a reminder of the changes that have come into his life recently.

A most unwelcome change to his on-course life is what Woods calls “the two-way miss,” the shot that goes off line, either left or right. It first appeared in competition during his return to the game three weeks ago at the Masters.

It appeared at the second tee, when his tee shot darted left, and popped up at various times throughout his round. While the crowd remained resolutely positive in its receptions for Woods, he was largely unaware of it as he struggled to somehow rein in his recalcitrant golf game.

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*No need to note my alleged naivete: yes, he can always take the sexx back up before the divorce as well.