"You just don't want to stretch out that ligament."

Thanks to Tuco for this Hank Gola blog item on Tiger suggesting he's hitting the ball shorter because he hasn't stretched out the ligament in his knee yet.

Woods, who joined his idol for a Skins Game prior to Jack's memorial Tournament in Ohio, said he's still not 100 percent back.

"Absolutely, no doubt. Had to be that way," he said of favoring the joint. "Worst thing you can do is stretch out the ligament right away. The surgery would have been all for naught. That's one of the reasons it takes most athletes a lot longer to come back. You just don't want to stretch out that ligament.

"That's one of the reasons why I haven't been able to hit balls as far as I normally do, but that's coming. Each week, I'm able to hit a little bit longer. It's great. Just a little longer before I'm able to get all of that back."