ATLANTA -- The goal all along was to win a tournament, as silly as that may have sounded -- even to Tiger Woods.
First came being able to play, and then putting together a game, and then giving himself chances. All of that has happened in rapid succession throughout a ninth-month run of what Woods has called one of his best years, even without a win.
Now that possibility exists again.
It was just one round, and Woods has had several chances to win this year, but his opening 65 at East Lake on Thursday was every bit as good or better than the 62 he shot two weeks ago to start the BMW Championship.