Tiger Woods had quite the adventurous fifth hole at Bay Hill this morning. First, the 14-time Major champion took a big-time rip with his driver – not opting to play it safe on the dogleg left 390-yard par 4 – and instead taking it over the trees off the tee. The result was a 337-yard drive that left him in the heavy rough just 42 yards away. We saw a vintage Tiger recoil after that big-time lash:
THAT RECOIL! pic.twitter.com/EDIwK0xS1z
— Skratch (@Skratch) March 18, 2018
Tiger’s second shot, a little running pitch from that heavy stuff, got stopped by a sprinkler head – robbing his ball from rolling onto the green. A tough break. That set up this next bit of misfortune. Though his third shot from off the green certainly had a little too much juice on it, how does this ball not drop?
The reaction from Tiger says it all.
Hit a house.
That'll do. #QuickHits pic.twitter.com/qCVPZy5w5g
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 18, 2018
The result? A not-so-average par. But a par all the same. Still, it was the second straight hole we saw Tiger hit a fantastic drive – nearly hitting the longest drive of the day on the previous hole. We know the ball speed is back, perhaps Tiger just needs a few breaks to fall his way.
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