Hot Corner Letters Email Sports Dept. Tiger Woods rolled in a short putt for par on the last hole and then took off for the one place he needed to be. No, not the lunch room. If Riviera is indeed going to be where Woods wins his first tournament this year, then maybe he chose the right location to start. After he opened with an even-par round of 71, Woods is already five shots back.
Nobody outworks Woods, whose devotion to practice is almost scary.
He did not smile. He did not chat. You get the idea that Woods would keep practicing until he wore the grooves off the heads of his irons. He would hit golf balls until someone discovered the next metal to replace titanium. Tiger would continue to hit golf balls and work.