PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The cheese on the burgers served in the clubhouse was sharper than Tiger Woods’s game Tuesday. Playing TPC Sawgrass for the first time since winning the Players Championship two years ago, Woods found two fairways and three water hazards in nine practice holes.
He acknowledged afterward that he was tired. Woods does not sleep well in the best of circumstances, and this week has been, in some respects, the worst of occasions. Sunday marked the ninth anniversary of the death of his father and lodestar, Earl, who introduced him to golf and was his primary adviser to the end.