Woods rested and ready to play
■ GOLF: Tiger Woods will be
back in the spotlight today at
the Las Vegas Invitational
By Tim Dahlberg
The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — Tiger Woods is
raring to go.
Mentally refreshed after a week
of rest at his new Orlando, Fla.,
home, the hottest item on the
PGA Tour tees it up again
Wednesday in the $1.6 million
Las Vegas Invitational.
“I didn’t play or practice,”
Woods said of his first time off
since turning pro in August. “I
just rested.”
Woods withdrew last week on
the eve of the Buick Challenge,
citing exhaustion after a frantic
first four weeks as a pro that
earned him $140,194 and unlim
ited sponsor exemptions for next
year.
Though some fellow pros criti
cized his last-minute decision not
to play, the 20-year-old said he
had no other choice.
“My mind has been carrying me
I
and you can only do that so long
before your mind gets tired,”
Woods said. “That’s what hap
pened tome.”
Woods, who was in contention
twice in his first four tournaments,
figures to be the big draw if not the
favorite in the Las Vegas Invita
tional , which has drawn one of its
strongest fields in recent years.
To do well he’ll have to put up
with playing with amateur part
ners for at least three days of the
five-day tournament, which is
spread across three golf courses.
“It’s game time for me to play
and (the amateurs) know that,”
Woods said. “In AJGA (American
Junior Golf Association) golf we
had to do it all the time so I’m used
to it.”
For the first time in his pro ca
reer, Woods will have the added
benefit of some support from peo
ple he knows in the gallery.
“My friends and family are go
ing to be out here and I’m going to
see them,” Woods said. “That’s
what makes it so special.”
One thing he won’t have to wor
ry about is being distracted by the
slot machines and blackjack tables
in local casinos. Woods said he
wants to play, but is too young.
“I can watch it, that’s about it,”
he said.
Woods said he wasn’t upset by
criticism from some tour members
who said he should have stayed
and played at the Buick Challenge
last week.
Woods’ abrupt departure forced
the cancellation of an awards din
ner where Woods was going to be
honored as the 1995-96 college
player of the year.
“Actually, 1 got some messages
from the guys who said they didn’t
exactly say what was written,”
Woods said. “Those guys have
been very nice to me. Davis (Love
III) has been great. Peter (Jacobsen)
has been great. They told me they
didn’t exactly say that.”
Woods acknowledged, though,
that some players were resentful
of his status on the tour.
“I’ve heard a few things but
that’s just part of it,” he said. “The
overwhelming positive point is
that 99 percent of the guys are
great.”
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