PALM HARBOR, Fla. -- For the better part of an hour Friday, Tiger Woods' name graced the top of a golf tournament leaderboard. Alone. All by himself.
Facing a 5-footer on the fifth hole (his 14th of the day), Woods rolled in for a birdie to take the outright lead in the Valspar Championship.
The gallery swarmed around him, following him from hole to hole.
It's how he always used to be, and how many never expected to see him again.
And no matter how this event ends for him, Woods leading a golf tournament just four events and 12 rounds into a never-assured comeback is a surprise, even for him.