NASSAU, the Bahamas — On his fifth hole Saturday at the Hero World Challenge, Tiger Woods holed a bunker shot for his fourth birdie of the day. It had taken him only 41 holes in his first competitive start in 15 months to reach double figures under par. When Woods’s ball tracked toward the hole and trickled in, the roar from his gallery was so loud, it might have scared off the fish on Lyford Cay, four miles away on the western tip of New Providence Island.
After 466 days away from golf, Woods was 10 under par and in contention at the tournament he hosts.