ATLANTA — The crowd at the Tour Championship’s opening round on Thursday was the largest and loudest it had been since 2013, which was the last time Tiger Woods played in the event.
That was no coincidence.
Woods played one of his best rounds of the year in his return to the FedEx Cup playoff finale and caused the biggest cheer of the day by making an eagle putt from just over 25 feet on the par-5 18th for a five-under-par 65 and a share of the lead with Rickie Fowler.
It was the second time in two FedEx Cup playoff events that Woods had tied for the 18-hole lead.