The crowd loved it. So did Woods, who was in his element doing his thing. Then there was a shot that Woods elected to play during the U.S. Open at Congressional in June. He chipped a three-wood 10 yards up a closely mowed slope to the hole cut in the rear left portion of the 11th green. The ball scooted up the slope, on to the green and into the hole.
Nobody can teach that shot.
And only a few gifted players have the touch to get the ball anywhere near the hole, let alone make the shot. At the same time Woods hit plenty of shots that went awry during the season, especially during the last half. He tried to cut the corner at the par-five 13th hole at Royal Montreal during the second round of the Canadian Open, but went too far left into rough so thick he could not see his ball until he was on top of it. Woods could only whack a sand wedge out. Woods missed the cut at Royal Montreal, the only cut he has missed as a pro.