article_snippet.sent: it was forgotten that Tiger Woods was becoming more erratic off the tee, long before He chipping went west.
article_snippet.sent: From the first, when He drifted into a bunker on the right, to the final par five, when He fired one into the crowd, castigating He as a ‘dumbass’ — although a shout of ‘fore’ might have been more helpful
article_snippet.sent: — Woods reacts to a poor chip shot on the third hole as the pressure begins to tell .
article_snippet.sent: No 111 struggling to get under par during his first round at Augusta .
article_snippet.sent: — some significant distance off the lead, but certainly in the ball park of what would have been considered a reasonable number given that this was He first competitive golf for two months —
article_snippet.sent: On the sixth, a par three, — Woods missed the green again.
article_snippet.sent: Putting from off the green?
article_snippet.sent: He couldn’t putt at the 11th, when He again missed right and left He a rascal of a chip.
article_snippet.sent: Not the 82 times Tiger hit at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in January perhaps, but more times than Tiger would have hit in such benign conditions at Augusta in the old days, when Tiger wouldn’t have been so pleased to tie for 41st place after 18 holes.
article_snippet.sent: Tiger was behind a tree, left of the fairway, barely in sight of the green.
article_snippet.sent: Woods was not impressed with Tiger approach shot to the 10th, but Tiger managed to salvage par on the hole .
article_snippet.sent: an absorbing day's play walk the ten strides from putting green to first tee.
article_snippet.sent: the man in the arena three-putted the first, birdied the second.
article_snippet.sent: Hit a tree off the tee on the third, but got a lucky kick onto the fairway.
article_snippet.sent: Found a bunker, then missed the green on the par three fourth, played a quite stunning second from a poor fairway lie on the fifth.