The BulleTin • Friday, april 8, 2022 B5
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TODAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
58°
LOW
29°
Cooler; windy this
afternoon
Cooler with clouds and
limited sun
ALMANAC
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday Normal
Record
79°
56° 79° in 2022
32°
30° 13° in 1908
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
0.00"
Record
0.45" in 1960
Month to date (normal)
0.02" (0.17")
Year to date (normal)
1.10" (3.27")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
30.22"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Rise/Set
Today
Sat.
Sun
6:34am/7:41pm 6:33am/7:42pm
Moon
11:00am/2:36am 11:57am/3:23am
Mercury 6:50am/8:13pm 6:49am/8:20pm
Venus
4:55am/3:42pm 4:54am/3:43pm
Mars
4:43am/2:55pm 4:41am/2:55pm
Jupiter
5:44am/5:22pm 5:41am/5:20pm
Saturn
4:35am/2:43pm 4:31am/2:40pm
Uranus
7:35am/9:46pm 7:31am/9:43pm
First
Full
Last
New
Apr 8
Apr 16
Apr 23
Tonight's sky: First quarter moon.
A bit of morning snow;
cloudy, chilly
WEDNESDAY
46°
25°
Breezy with a little rain in
the afternoon
Intervals of clouds and
sunshine
OREGON WEATHER
Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest.
High
Low
TUESDAY
42°
29°
46°
28°
45°
31°
Partly cloudy and colder
MONDAY
SUNDAY
SATURDAY
Apr 30
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
1
3
4
3
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
ROAD CONDITONS
For web cameras of our passes, go to
www.bendbulletin.com/webcams
I-84 at Cabbage Hill: Some sun, then turning
cloudy today with a shower.
US 20 at Santiam Pass: Mostly cloudy today
with a couple of showers. A little snow tonight.
US 26 at Gov't Camp: Mostly cloudy today
with a passing shower.
US 26 at Ochoco Divide: Mainly cloudy today;
windy in the afternoon. A passing shower
tonight.
ORE 58 at Willamette Pass: Mostly cloudy
today with a couple of showers.
ORE 138 at Diamond Lake: Mostly cloudy
today with a passing shower or two.
SKI REPORT
48°
25°
Mostly cloudy, showers of
rain and snow
A bit of morning snow, then
a little rain
TRAVEL WEATHER
NATIONAL
EAST: Clouds and
Astoria
sun today. A passing
51/39
Seaside
shower, except dry in
Hood
the south; windy in the 50/41
River
north. Windy tonight.
Cannon Beach
Hillsboro Portland 56/41
Umatilla
65/40
Rufus
Hermiston
64/39
61/43 Arlington
Meacham Lostine
49/41
61/41
55/37 58/41
56/32
Wasco
58/31 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
CENTRAL: Breezy
Tillamook
58/30
58/40
58/35
Sandy
61/42
McMinnville
51/40
today with clouds
Joseph
Heppner
La Grande
54/40
Maupin
Government
56/38
and sun; pleasant in
58/33
59/30
Camp
58/37 Condon 55/32
Union
Lincoln City
the north during the
54/33
42/32
59/33
Salem
Spray
morning. Partly cloudy 50/42
Granite
Warm Springs
57/38
Madras
58/32
Albany
56/27
tonight.
Newport
Baker City
58/32
59/31
Mitchell
51/40
57/37
61/28
WEST: Mostly cloudy
Camp Sherman
57/33
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Yachats
Unity
today; a couple of
52/33
57/27
55/36
Day
Prineville
50/42
64/29
showers, but dry in
Ontario
Sisters
57/31
Paulina
61/29
73/37
the south. A passing
Florence
Eugene 54/31
Brothers 59/26
Bend
Vale
shower tonight.
53/42
58/37
58/27
Sunriver 58/29
72/36
Nyssa
53/28
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
75/36
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
53/27
60/25
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
73/28
54/35
57/36
Fort Rock
54/40
Riley 67/22
YESTERDAY
Crescent
61/27
63/23
High: 86°
52/26
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at Roseburg
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
54/42
60/40
62/22
73/26
Low: 19°
Marsh
Lake
71/23
Port Orford
50/22
62/22
at Baker City
Grants
Burns
Junction
Paisley
54/43
Pass
77/28
Chiloquin
69/23
63/36
Rome
Medford
55/24
Gold Beach
64/37
78/29
53/44
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
75/26
58/37
61/23
73/26
55/42
68/23
Yesterday
Today Saturday
Yesterday
Today Saturday
Yesterday
Today Saturday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
71/44/0.00 51/39/sh 49/37/r
La Grande
70/29/0.00 58/33/r
45/27/pc
Portland
75/43/0.00 58/41/sh 51/40/r
Baker City
68/19/0.00 61/28/c 46/23/pc
La Pine
78/24/0.00 53/27/c 40/26/pc
Prineville
79/25/0.00 57/31/c 40/29/pc
Brookings
66/50/0.03 55/42/pc 55/41/s
Medford
84/40/0.00 64/37/c 56/35/pc
Redmond
77/27/0.00 57/27/c 45/29/pc
Burns
74/20/0.00 67/22/c 46/20/pc
Newport
68/43/0.00 51/40/sh 49/40/r
Roseburg
86/42/0.00 60/40/sh 53/40/sh
Eugene
74/37/0.00 58/37/sh 53/40/r
North Bend
66/44/0.00 54/40/sh 53/42/c
Salem
77/41/0.00 57/38/sh 51/40/r
Klamath Falls
78/29/0.00 61/23/pc 47/25/s
Ontario
70/27/0.00 73/37/pc 56/30/c
Sisters
73/27/0.00 54/31/c 43/29/r
Lakeview
78/32/0.00 68/23/c 50/22/s
Pendleton
69/31/Tr
58/35/c 51/31/pc
The Dalles
73/35/0.00 61/42/pc 54/41/r
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday
NATIONAL WEATHER
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
T-storms
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
70/42/0.00
Akron
58/42/0.13
Albany
50/45/0.95
Albuquerque
68/36/0.00
Anchorage
41/29/Tr
Atlanta
70/54/0.29
Atlantic City
53/46/0.32
Austin
76/42/0.00
Baltimore
53/48/0.78
Billings
57/28/0.00
Birmingham
69/53/Tr
Bismarck
51/35/0.00
Boise
68/34/0.00
Boston
49/39/0.03
Bridgeport, CT 47/44/0.30
Buffalo
53/42/0.46
Burlington, VT
49/47/0.50
Caribou, ME
48/21/0.00
Charleston, SC 81/65/1.51
Charlotte
76/63/0.10
Chattanooga
68/51/0.00
Cheyenne
46/27/Tr
Chicago
44/39/0.05
Cincinnati
54/44/0.01
Cleveland
56/44/Tr
Colorado Springs 55/25/0.00
Columbia, MO
49/41/Tr
Columbia, SC
76/62/0.48
Columbus, GA
73/57/0.25
Columbus, OH
55/43/0.01
Concord, NH
51/37/0.11
Corpus Christi
82/58/0.00
Dallas
71/50/0.00
Dayton
53/44/0.04
Denver
53/27/0.00
Des Moines
42/36/0.14
Detroit
51/43/0.01
Duluth
31/30/0.27
El Paso
75/48/0.00
Fairbanks
45/8/0.00
Fargo
37/30/0.07
Flagstaff
60/30/0.00
Grand Rapids
44/39/0.02
Green Bay
41/38/0.03
Greensboro
65/63/0.23
Harrisburg
51/48/1.10
Hartford, CT
54/40/0.20
Helena
64/23/0.00
Honolulu
85/72/Tr
Houston
76/54/0.00
Huntsville
62/46/0.00
Indianapolis
50/40/0.05
Jackson, MS
66/46/0.00
Jacksonville
84/66/2.64
Today
Hi/Lo/W
74/48/s
48/35/sh
58/41/c
69/42/s
32/20/sn
58/39/pc
56/46/pc
79/40/s
62/42/pc
71/43/s
57/38/pc
52/29/s
75/33/c
64/45/pc
60/44/pc
51/39/sh
53/40/r
43/35/r
69/46/s
64/39/pc
55/36/sh
63/42/s
41/31/sn
46/34/c
48/36/sh
65/41/s
46/28/c
66/42/pc
64/40/pc
48/35/sh
59/37/r
85/56/s
70/44/s
48/34/sh
66/42/s
43/27/sf
49/33/sh
38/23/pc
77/49/s
16/-6/sn
43/22/s
66/29/s
43/29/sn
38/30/sf
63/38/c
60/41/sh
63/42/pc
74/36/pc
83/71/s
77/48/s
54/35/pc
45/32/sh
64/36/pc
72/47/s
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
48/40/c
71/55/s
70/58/pc
96/70/c
96/77/pc
75/46/s
74/58/pc
50/36/c
67/50/r
61/50/c
73/64/s
85/63/pc
86/57/s
67/32/pc
78/67/t
48/30/sh
50/30/sh
54/40/r
76/61/c
79/68/s
62/50/pc
74/51/c
69/52/pc
71/62/pc
63/57/pc
51/36/pc
64/47/pc
92/79/t
Saturday
Hi/Lo/W
90/62/s
43/32/sn
53/36/r
79/52/s
36/21/s
58/39/pc
52/41/pc
86/58/s
57/36/pc
51/31/c
61/41/pc
60/35/pc
51/30/pc
58/42/sh
53/41/pc
43/35/c
52/38/r
50/36/r
62/41/pc
57/38/pc
58/34/c
68/29/pc
44/33/pc
45/31/c
42/34/sn
75/44/pc
57/40/s
59/36/pc
64/37/pc
44/30/c
56/37/r
85/66/s
87/60/s
44/31/c
75/34/pc
54/37/s
43/32/c
45/29/pc
86/63/s
22/12/pc
50/35/pc
68/36/s
40/28/c
43/30/s
55/36/c
55/38/c
58/38/sh
48/30/pc
84/70/pc
85/63/s
59/37/pc
43/30/c
70/46/s
66/41/s
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
Yesterday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
46/37/0.19
47/42/0.03
45/41/0.01
83/55/0.00
56/44/0.06
46/39/0.02
65/48/0.00
95/60/0.00
57/47/Tr
45/36/0.07
64/47/0.00
92/79/0.10
46/41/0.07
38/32/0.17
62/45/Tr
74/63/0.00
52/45/0.47
52/46/0.80
82/50/1.06
63/40/0.00
45/38/0.02
82/75/1.33
99/70/0.00
44/39/0.04
61/48/1.21
94/66/0.00
55/46/0.49
46/32/0.04
56/41/0.01
80/65/0.10
48/34/0.02
79/40/0.00
72/53/0.29
49/46/0.57
88/50/0.00
52/43/Tr
62/34/0.00
79/49/0.00
89/55/0.00
89/56/0.00
94/53/0.00
62/22/0.00
83/64/0.17
73/42/0.00
39/34/0.02
65/34/0.00
52/39/0.01
81/77/1.34
92/59/0.00
61/42/Tr
54/50/0.68
58/39/Tr
68/30/0.00
96/69/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
41/30/c
48/27/c
44/30/sn
89/65/s
47/33/sh
54/21/pc
57/37/pc
95/64/s
48/36/sh
38/28/sf
53/36/pc
83/61/pc
40/31/sn
42/28/c
50/36/sh
72/48/s
63/47/pc
62/47/pc
65/48/pc
63/35/s
51/24/pc
74/56/pc
101/72/s
42/30/sn
63/47/pc
96/66/s
48/35/sh
51/39/r
64/43/pc
67/42/pc
57/30/s
81/43/pc
66/43/pc
53/38/sh
87/54/pc
45/33/c
75/48/s
82/50/s
85/60/s
70/48/pc
81/49/s
67/34/s
70/45/s
53/40/t
48/22/pc
57/32/c
45/27/c
74/63/pc
93/59/s
61/32/pc
63/44/pc
59/31/s
61/33/c
98/61/s
Saturday
Hi/Lo/W
41/27/pc
59/46/s
42/29/c
92/57/s
46/31/c
66/41/s
70/50/s
78/58/pc
50/35/c
44/29/s
63/46/s
82/59/pc
44/31/s
50/35/pc
55/34/pc
75/55/s
57/43/pc
57/41/pc
61/43/pc
80/59/s
60/42/pc
74/49/s
99/68/s
48/33/s
57/42/c
97/66/s
45/31/sn
52/38/sh
58/42/pc
59/39/pc
59/31/c
64/33/s
59/37/pc
47/35/sh
75/51/s
55/39/s
58/33/pc
87/60/s
71/59/pc
68/50/s
75/47/s
75/43/s
64/38/pc
49/36/r
56/39/pc
47/26/sh
61/46/s
74/56/s
93/61/s
74/59/s
57/41/pc
74/57/s
55/28/pc
96/59/s
98/78/0.00
81/57/0.06
46/37/1.59
45/27/0.20
82/63/0.00
86/75/0.00
104/77/0.00
70/48/0.01
39/21/0.04
45/37/0.82
59/50/0.22
81/73/0.00
61/45/0.00
86/49/0.00
75/63/0.00
46/30/0.08
59/46/0.00
82/58/0.00
82/75/0.13
38/27/0.33
69/64/0.97
77/65/0.01
81/59/0.00
61/54/0.00
55/46/0.07
56/45/0.05
68/48/0.03
63/41/0.03
99/69/s
75/51/t
45/36/c
55/41/c
83/60/c
84/71/t
106/75/pc
69/48/pc
40/30/pc
49/35/c
53/38/r
84/74/pc
65/53/pc
82/47/s
83/66/t
47/38/r
65/50/s
80/58/s
88/76/t
36/25/sn
71/65/sh
79/65/pc
72/62/c
66/54/s
50/37/pc
52/40/pc
58/47/r
51/40/sh
101/71/s
76/54/sh
48/35/c
53/44/c
83/60/c
82/67/c
108/78/pc
73/53/pc
46/34/sn
48/33/sh
52/33/sh
84/75/t
63/45/c
74/46/s
81/66/t
58/37/pc
71/50/s
81/60/pc
85/76/t
38/30/sn
72/65/sh
82/64/s
68/58/s
68/57/s
45/32/r
47/37/pc
52/37/r
50/35/r
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 103°
at Santa Ana, CA
National low: -4°
at Gould, CO
Precipitation: 2.64"
at Jacksonville, FL
In inches as of 5 p.m. yesterday
Ski resort
New snow
Base
Anthony Lakes Mtn
0
0-0
Hoodoo Ski Area
2
42-42
Mt. Ashland
0
0-0
Mt. Bachelor
0
28-80
Mt. Hood Meadows
2
108-126
Mt. Hood Ski Bowl
12
33-61
Timberline Lodge
0
124-124
Willamette Pass
0
0-0
Aspen / Snowmass, CO
0
58-81
Mammoth Mtn. Ski, CA
0
41-78
Palisades Tahoe, CA
0
0-82
Park City Mountain, UT
0
40-68
Sun Valley, ID
0
40-62
47°
26°
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
-10s
THURSDAY
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: OnTheSnow.com
52/41/1.38
72/55/0.02
68/57/0.00
91/73/0.00
91/81/0.00
75/36/0.00
70/63/0.00
56/47/0.35
66/51/0.27
64/41/0.00
75/64/0.00
84/60/0.00
100/68/0.00
63/27/0.00
88/76/0.00
52/43/0.10
46/37/0.01
50/47/1.12
80/63/0.17
79/69/0.00
68/43/0.13
74/52/0.00
71/45/0.00
72/62/0.00
61/54/0.00
57/45/0.16
68/41/0.00
91/77/0.01
48/37/sh
71/56/pc
71/56/s
84/60/pc
98/81/s
79/50/s
70/59/pc
49/36/sh
67/50/r
58/38/r
75/66/s
82/60/s
82/60/s
46/25/c
82/65/pc
50/35/pc
50/31/pc
48/31/r
71/59/t
79/68/s
67/54/s
71/50/s
57/51/r
72/62/c
65/54/sh
51/33/pc
66/45/sh
92/79/pc
Mecca
Mexico City
Montreal
Moscow
Nairobi
Nassau
New Delhi
Osaka
Oslo
Ottawa
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
Rome
Santiago
Sao Paulo
Sapporo
Seoul
Shanghai
Singapore
Stockholm
Sydney
Taipei City
Tel Aviv
Tokyo
Toronto
Vancouver
Vienna
Warsaw
GOLF
Right at home: South Korean Im grabs early Masters lead
BY PAUL NEWBERRY
associated press
AUGUSTA, Ga. — With all
eyes on Tiger Woods, Sungjae
Im quietly turned in the round
of the day at Augusta National.
Not a surprise, really.
The 24-year-old South Ko-
rean feels right at home.
A runner-up 17 months
ago in his Masters debut, Im
posted a 5-under 67 Thursday
to grab the lead all to himself.
Still a long way to go, but
there’s obviously something
about this course that suits
Im’s game.
“I feel comfortable when
I come to Augusta,” he said
through his translator. “I feel I
can play well here every time.”
It must run in the family.
During the par 3 contest on
Wednesday, Jitaek Im served
as his son’s caddie. At the final
hole, Sungjae let his dad take
the tee shot.
Jitaek delivered a wild
swing, almost like he was try-
Tiger
Continued from B3
The swing looked great,
and the limp wasn’t bad. If it
wasn’t exactly the Woods of
old, it was a pretty good ap-
proximation.
That was good enough for
the fans. And, judging from
the look on Woods’ face after-
ward, it was more than good
enough for him.
“It’s not easy,” Woods said.
“People have no idea how
hard it’s been.”
If they wanted an idea, they
might have looked at pic-
tures of his leg after the acci-
dent, which Woods said he
has shown to friends. If they
wanted an idea, he’s happy to
talk about the endless hours
of rehabilitation and prac-
tice that made his storybook
comeback possible.
The greatest player of his
time still believes he can win.
Even better, he believes he can
do it this week, on a bad leg at
the age of 46.
And after all he’s been
through, who’s going to tell
ing to slug a baseball, but the
ball soared over the water and
settled about 5 feet from the
flag.
“I didn’t expect much,”
Sungjae said. “But once he hit
the shot, it was the most beau-
tiful shot I’ve seen. It was like a
professional shot.”
Im hit a lot of beautiful
shots when it really counted.
He got off to a blazing start,
making birdies at the first
three holes. Another birdie at
No. 7 sent him to the back side
at 4 under.
Im stumbled a bit after the
turn, making back-to-back
bogeys at 10 and 11, but then
he delivered his best shot of
the day at the par-5 No. 13.
From 222 yards, he stuck it 12
feet from the flag and rolled in
the putt for eagle.
Another birdie at the 15th
and a brilliant save from the
bunker at the final hole — he
nearly holed out with his sand
wedge and tapped it for par
him he can’t?
“I can swing a golf club,”
Woods said. “The walking’s
not easy, and it’s difficult. As
I said with all the hard work,
my leg, it’s going to be difficult
for the rest of my life. That’s
just the way it is, but I’m able
to do it.”
A return to competitive
play after he crashed his SUV
in California always seemed
improbable for Woods, who
many figured would be happy
just to walk again and play
golf with his young son. That
he could do it on a hilly Au-
gusta National course that
is a hard walk for even the
younger players seemed
nearly impossible.
Woods nearly aced the
par-3 sixth hole, and the
roar was deafening around
the course when he made a
30-footer to birdie the 16th.
His opening round was a vic-
tory lap all by itself, and when
he finished by making an
8-footer for par on the final
hole the crowd rose as one to
give him a standing ovation.
Afterward, he was sore and
A year ago, Hideki Mat-
suyama became the first golfer
from Japan to win the Masters.
Im doesn’t want to get
ahead of himself, but he
knows that no South Ko-
rean golfer has ever won at
Augusta.
In fact, Y.E. Yang remains
the only male golfer from Im’s
country to capture a major
title, memorably rallying to
beat Woods at the 2009 PGA
Championship.
Woods, who is playing for
the first time since a February
2021 wreck left him with seri-
ous leg injuries, was four shots
behind Im after shooting 71.
Woods’ comeback is what
most patrons will remember
from Day 1 of the Masters.
Maybe by Sunday evening,
they’ll be focused on Im.
“We’re only one day in,” he
said. “I’ve got three more days
to play. I just want to keep this
momentum going and try to
finish well this week.”
— gave him a one-stroke lead
over Cameron Smith, with
Dustin Johnson part of the
group two shots back at 69.
If that sounds familiar, it
should.
In 2020, Johnson won his
first green jacket with a dom-
inating performance, while
Smith and Im were five shots
back in the runner-up slot at
the first November Masters.
“There is a coincidence
there,” Im said. “It’s pretty cool
to see that we’re all up there
together.”
Im missed the cut at the
2021 Masters with rounds of
77 and 80, and arrived at this
year’s tournament struggling a
bit with his game — especially
off the tee.
“I felt like my driving game
was not as up to par as what it
used to be, so I worked on my
driving,” Im said. “The key to
a successful round was having
good tee shots, so that worked
well today.”
Indeed, he was one of the
day’s most accurate drivers,
hitting 12 of 14 fairways. Only
five players ranked above him.
Im said it’s important “to
put the shot into spots where
I have a chance to attack the
green.”
he was tired. But the adrena-
line was still flowing, and he
sounded like he couldn’t wait
for more.
“I’m going to be sore, yes.
That’s just the way it is,” he
said. “But the training cycles
that we’ve had to make sure
that I have the stamina to
keep going — and this is only
one round. We’ve got three
more to go. There’s a long way
to go and a lot of shots to be
played.”
Just where Woods finishes
after all those shots are played
probably won’t be remem-
bered as much as the fact he
managed to play at all. No one
really expects him to win a
sixth green jacket this week,
though it would seem foolish
to continue to sell him short.
Even his fellow pros can’t
take their eyes off him.
“I actually found myself a
couple of times today, because
we were waiting so much, just
watching. I almost felt like
a patron out there at some
points today,” said Cameron
Smith, who played in the
group ahead of Woods. “You
can’t not watch him; he’s un-
real.”
At times it seemed like ev-
eryone at Augusta National
was watching, though for
most it was just a glimpse of
a pink shirt through the fans
crowding the fairways and
greens. Everywhere around
the golf course fans were ask-
ing each other what Woods
was doing and every time
their was a big roar they won-
dered if it was for him.
Woods felt the love and tried
to give them something back.
“I mean, the place was elec-
tric,” he said. “I hadn’t played
like this since ’19 when I won
because in ’20 we had COVID
and we had no one here, and I
didn’t play last year. So to have
the patrons fully out and to
have that type of energy out
there was awesome to feel.”
Awesome for Woods, and
awesome for anyone watch-
ing. Thursday was all about
Woods, and he wasn’t about to
disappoint himself or his mil-
lions of fans.
Yes, it was for only one day.
But what a day it was.
Tiger Woods waves after his shot on the seventh hole during the first
round at the Masters Thursday in Augusta, Georgia. Woods finished
with a 1-under 71 and was tied for 10th with a large group.
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Sungjae Im of South Korea watches his shot on the 17th hole during
the first round at the Masters Thursday in Augusta, Georgia.
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