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Strong winds blowing out to right field benefited left-handed hitters, and it seemed that every ball lifted to right found its way into the bushes beyond the fence...
...think offensively we’re okay,” Cohen said. “What we really need to worry about more is getting the ball into the opposite end of the field, because that includes clearing the ball better, picking up more ground balls, [and] winning faceoffs. I think if we do those things we’ll be able to put up the big goals on offense that we’ve been putting up all year...
...third roar was the fan-love roar, rising as Woods smashed his first shot on the first hole of a tournament he has won four times in the past 13 years. The ball soared. Woods twirled his club. The ball shrank to a vanishing speck against a cloudy sky. Woods stooped to pick up his tee. Finally, the ball returned to the green Earth, right in the middle of the fairway, in that far-distant land known as Tiger Country. (See a brief history of the Tiger Woods scandal...
...first of these bogeys took the full measure of his fans. Woods was battling through squalls of wind and blowing pollen on the par-4 7th hole. He left his second shot short, then chipped the ball past the hole and missed his putt. Were his wheels coming off? "We're behind you, Tiger!" a fan called...
...Woods stepped to the 8th tee with a tight smile and proceeded to hit the ball so hard that it sounded squished. "Oooh," the crowd gasped, more in shock than...