article_snippet.sent: It is probably fair to say that never before in the history of The Masters 2015 has a crowd 10 deep assembled around the first tee at 4.20pm on the first official day of practice.
article_snippet.sent: Normally by then the crowd are streaming happily to the exits, savouring the day the crowd saw Amen Corner in the flesh and clutching large shopping bags containing millions of dollars-worth of precious Masters merchandise.
article_snippet.sent: Given no phones are allowed in the grounds, how did word spread so quickly that the thing no phones had waited all day to witness was finally going to happen?
article_snippet.sent: no phones knew all right.
article_snippet.sent: And what a reception no phones afforded the main man as Tiger Woods stepped back into public life after the main man 60-day leave of absence.
article_snippet.sent: After nine holes where the ball was struck with impressive authority, Tiger Woods decided to call the ball a day.
article_snippet.sent: And so, late in the day, the attention switched to Tiger, where the crowd spoke as one.