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Tiger & son’s 11 straight birdies fall short of Daly duo

So we had We had a great time. It was just a blast. And we had a blast. You know, last year on the first round again this year, it was the same. We had so much fun out there. We did one thing that we wanted to do. Want to keep a clean card? Last year we made a bogey in in each round. This year, we didn’t, um Our 3rd straight 62, which I think is pretty good. Hopefully tomorrow we get off to a quick start and keep it going. What was your favorite moment out there with Charlie today? Just everything. Just everything. The whole time, I wish I could have walked, you know, with him and been with him each every step. Like I was last year. Um, physically, I’m able to do that. Um, so I was the guy going out there and getting golf balls from Mike who was offline, or I was offline, bringing balls back around. So, um, you know, it was it was different, you know, trying to drive the cart slower with him and talk to him and be able make sure we were present. And we’re still a team. We’re still doing it together. It’s frustrating when I don’t hit the ball. As far as I know that I I can, and the shots that I see that just don’t come off the way that I want. I’ve hit two good shots today. Which three? They came off exactly how I wanted to, um my old numbers. But as I’ll explain to you guys on the Bahamas, I don’t have the endurance I haven’t played. This is my fourth or fifth round of the entire year, so I don’t have any golf endurance. So it’s tiring out there. It was slow day, but that’s something that I’m gonna have to I want to compete out here at this at the tour level. I’m gonna have to get the endurance back and hit, you know, thousands upon thousands of golf balls. Uh, that just takes time. Well, I guys, I don’t have it, you know? You know that. I mean, it’s just I don’t have the game of speed or any of that, so I’m just starting to get back into it. I didn’t know if I was gonna play this event a couple weeks ago, so I was hoping that at the hero that I was able to hit balls consistently day after day, which I was able to do, um, And then now play. You know, that was gonna be the hard part. That’s the challenging part. Um, hopefully I was hoping that Charlie would drive it as well as he did today. So I don’t have to his meeting, um, save me for the short shots and I can still hit short irons. I can still put, um, you know, that has not left me the speed and some of the shots. You know, the longer stuff has Well, I don’t I don’t practice. So if you can’t practice And, um, after what I’ve been through this year, it’s been a difficult year. So understanding that I am not in golf shape, I’m not in practice shape. I’m definitely not in tournament shape. Um, you can see JT has it. You know, he’s been playing tournaments, you know, he had a chance to win, I think in Mexico, and he was right there. Um, so you can see that, you know, he still has the fields hidden hitting all the shapes, all the shots, whatever he wants to do. That’s hopefully I’ll get to that point again. We’ll see

Tiger & son’s 11 straight birdies fall short of Daly duo

Tiger Woods might not be ready for tour-level golf. He can still deliver quite a show. In a remarkable return from a car crash 10 months ago that badly damaged his right leg, Woods and 12-year-old son Charlie set a tournament record with 11 straight birdies and pushed John Daly and his college son all the way to the finish Sunday in the PNC Championship.Daly and John Daly II, a freshman at Arkansas, won by two shots. It might have been the widest Woods ever smiled after a runner-up finish.”The fact that I’m able to have this opportunity this year — even a couple weeks ago we didn’t really know whether or not I would be doing this,” Woods said. “But here we are. And we had just best time ever.”The birdie streak ended on the final hole, allowing Team Daly room for error they didn’t need.Daly birdied the 16th hole to regain the lead and they stayed in front when Woods and his son both chipped too strong on the par-5 closing hole and missed 8-foot birdie putts. Daly and John Daly II two-putted for birdie on the 18th for a 57 and set the record that mattered.They finished at 27-under par, breaking by one the tournament mark set by Davis Love III and his son three years ago. The most popular offseason event that pairs major champions and a family member suddenly felt tense on a warm Florida afternoon, all because of Woods and everything that led to him playing again.Woods suffered multiple injuries to his right leg on Feb. 23 when his SUV traveling about 85 mph crashed through a median and down a hill in the Los Angeles suburbs. He said amputation was a possibility. It took three months for him to get on his feet with help of crutches. And he ended the year in a Sunday red shirt, holing birdie putts and delivering short irons that led to one birdie after another and a chase that felt like old times.This wasn’t just about Woods. His son, playing this event for the second straight year, delivered the goods down the stretch, particularly a 5-iron to 4 feet on the par-3 17th that gave them a tie for the lead going to the 18th.Team Daly was two groups behind and held it steady.It was only one month ago when Woods first posted a three-second video showing him hitting a short iron with the message, “Making progress.” He was hitting balls at the back of the range at Albany in the Bahamas two weeks ago. He was able to ride a cart at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando, which helped him get by in the 36-hole event.And he kept insisting that tour-level golf is still a long way and a lot of work ahead of him.But there was no shortage of birdies, big shots and loads of hopes for a fairy tale ending.”The competitive juices, they are never going to go away. This is my environment,” Woods said. “This is what I’ve done my entire life. I’m just so thankful to be able to have this opportunity to do it again.”

ORLANDO, Fla. —

Tiger Woods might not be ready for tour-level golf. He can still deliver quite a show.

In a remarkable return from a car crash 10 months ago that badly damaged his right leg, Woods and 12-year-old son Charlie set a tournament record with 11 straight birdies and pushed John Daly and his college son all the way to the finish Sunday in the PNC Championship.

Daly and John Daly II, a freshman at Arkansas, won by two shots. It might have been the widest Woods ever smiled after a runner-up finish.

“The fact that I’m able to have this opportunity this year — even a couple weeks ago we didn’t really know whether or not I would be doing this,” Woods said. “But here we are. And we had just best time ever.”

The birdie streak ended on the final hole, allowing Team Daly room for error they didn’t need.

Daly birdied the 16th hole to regain the lead and they stayed in front when Woods and his son both chipped too strong on the par-5 closing hole and missed 8-foot birdie putts. Daly and John Daly II two-putted for birdie on the 18th for a 57 and set the record that mattered.

They finished at 27-under par, breaking by one the tournament mark set by Davis Love III and his son three years ago.

The most popular offseason event that pairs major champions and a family member suddenly felt tense on a warm Florida afternoon, all because of Woods and everything that led to him playing again.

Woods suffered multiple injuries to his right leg on Feb. 23 when his SUV traveling about 85 mph crashed through a median and down a hill in the Los Angeles suburbs.

He said amputation was a possibility. It took three months for him to get on his feet with help of crutches. And he ended the year in a Sunday red shirt, holing birdie putts and delivering short irons that led to one birdie after another and a chase that felt like old times.

This wasn’t just about Woods. His son, playing this event for the second straight year, delivered the goods down the stretch, particularly a 5-iron to 4 feet on the par-3 17th that gave them a tie for the lead going to the 18th.

Team Daly was two groups behind and held it steady.

It was only one month ago when Woods first posted a three-second video showing him hitting a short iron with the message, “Making progress.” He was hitting balls at the back of the range at Albany in the Bahamas two weeks ago. He was able to ride a cart at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando, which helped him get by in the 36-hole event.

And he kept insisting that tour-level golf is still a long way and a lot of work ahead of him.

But there was no shortage of birdies, big shots and loads of hopes for a fairy tale ending.

“The competitive juices, they are never going to go away. This is my environment,” Woods said. “This is what I’ve done my entire life. I’m just so thankful to be able to have this opportunity to do it again.”