POTOMAC, Md. - I watched Tiger Woods make seven birdies Friday. He walked in at least two of them. He chipped in another. Here are some thoughts after I got unreasonably excited in unreasonable temperatures. He's back. Sorry. Had to. Moving on. Tiger's second-round 65 was a solid continuation of what Woods put together on the back nine Thursday - minus the short birdie misses. Those were replaced by several long makes. The TaylorMade Ardmore 3, which didn't seem to be any help a day ago, suddenly proved its worth. Overnight, Tiger went from losing more than a shot on the greens to picking up two on the field. He went from holing only 48 feet worth of putts to jarring 122. He drained a 24-footer on his opening hole - preceded by a decision to putt from off the fairway, which he acknowledged was a mistake - and followed that with birdies makes of 19, 15, and 25 feet at Nos. 12, 15 and 3. His only real mistake on the greens was a sloppy three-putt bogey at 17.
His iron game is starting to get scary good again. Sure, there's still the occasional loose shot - the ball he hit into the weeds at No. 11, for example - but when he isn't knocking down flagsticks, he's flying the ball pin-high to the middle of the green. He also wedged to 2 feet at the par-4 fifth, setting up his final birdie, and for the second day in a row knocked it to inside 7 feet at the par-4 13th. Unfortunately, he's squandered both of those birdie opportunities. Perhaps lost in the shuffle is his short game. As of 2 p.m. ET, Tiger was second in the field in strokes gained: around the green. Hes 2-for-2 on sand saves and 8-for-10 scrambling. His best work of the week came at the par-4 18th and got him through his first nine 2 under:
BIG roars.@TigerWoods chips in for birdie on No. 9.#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/TPhHydmv7v— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 29, 2018
As for that hole-out, this guy still elicits roars like no one else. A Tiger hole-out is wholly unmistakable. There are some who suffer from Tiger fatigue, but it's always a circus outside the ropes as crowds hope for a single glimpse of greatness. When he actually delivers, when they get to see it in person, they go nuts. Here's one tiny detail to watch out for this weekend. Pay close attention to his club selection on the 299-yard, par-4 14th. Woods pulled driver this morning, felt the wind die down, switched to 3-wood, didn't make his best swing, and found the fairway bunker. Asked about it after his round, he conceded that driver is too much club and 3-wood isn't enough to clear the sand unless he absolutely stripes it. That's a hole he'll need to take advantage of if he's serious about contending. As for the moral of this long story - because he finally was able to marry the ball striking and the short game and the putting, we didn't have to hear him say, "This is the highest score I could have possibly shot today." That can be so tiresome. Actually, a reporter tried to walk him down that path. Tiger was literally asked, "Were you pleased with the 65? Might have been the highest you could have shot today." His response: "I was happy with it." I almost fainted, and it wasn't from the heat.
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