"You know, Tiger actually hit two tee shots today I would say, combined, didn't go farther than 200 yards."
/Steve Elling calls the second hole tee shot today "one of the ugliest, head-turning shots of Tiger Woods' career."
Playing his second hole of the second round at the Cadillac Championship on Friday, Woods lunged so far off the ball at impact that he took a divot in the tee box and hit a snapping hook than got perhaps 10 feet off the ground and barely traveled 50 yards in the air.
It fast dived dead left into the rough and stopped just a few yards past the end of the main tee box -- and well short of the women's tee. Though the PGA Tour's laser tracking system estimated the drive at 120 yards, the measurement was taken by a device situated at least 150 yards away. In actuality, it likely didn't crack triple figures.
His playing partners stared at each other, wordlessly. Mickelson was next on the tee to hit.
"It was difficult following that," Lefty said, smirking. "But it's really not for me to talk about anybody's bad drives."
Gene Wojciechowski described it this way:
I saw Woods do things today that 22-handicappers do. I saw him snap-hook a drive on No. 2 that traveled, according to on-course measuring monitors, 122 yards. No way -- had to be closer to 90.
I saw him hit a 3-wood on No. 14 that went as high as a Fourth of July firework but no longer than a hotel hallway. That one produced some juicy Tiger language.
Oh we viewers heard it loud and clear!
Geno shared this from the other member of the group:
"Yeah, it's pretty tough not to giggle," said Graeme McDowell, who, along with Phil Mickelson, was in Woods' group. "We all hit bad shots. Hit a couple of those in my time. You know, Tiger actually hit two tee shots today I would say, combined, didn't go farther than 200 yards."