Injured Woods Two Shots Back at Amex
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Tiger Woods looked as if he should have withdrawn with a bad back. He played as if he was capable of winning the American Express Championship for a third straight time. Wincing on every shot and sometimes letting out a yelp at impact, Woods shot a 4-under 68 at Mount Juliet on Thursday that left him in a large group two shots behind British Open champion Todd Hamilton.
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Tiger Woods returned to stroke play and to the top of the leaderboard, hitting a 3-wood from 267 yards into 20 feet for eagle on the 18th hole Thursday for an 8-under 63 and a one-shot lead in the American Express Championship.
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Tiger Woods birdied his last two holes, and five of his last seven, for a seven-under-par 65 at the Dubai Desert Classic to start his season with two wins.
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NORTON, Massachusetts  - Tiger Woods made two   eagles to pull three strokes ahead of Vijay Singh at the   Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday
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THOMASTOWN, Ireland - Tiger Woods looked as if he should have withdrawn with a bad back. He played as if he was capable of winning the American Express Championship for a third straight time...
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Tiger Woods played one shot 30 yards in the wrong direction and hit one putt so hard it looked as though it might go off the green. Those turned into pivotal shots on his way to a 4-under 68 that gave him a one-shot lead Friday in the Target World Challenge.
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THOMASTOWN, Ireland  - Tiger Woods ended a  frustrating week at the WGC-American Express Championship on  Sunday without a strokeplay title to defend for the first time  since turning professional in 1996.
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Tiger Woods begins a much-anticipated season with a 5-under 67 on the tougher South Course at Torrey Pines, putting him two shots behind leader Troy Matteson.
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Tiger Woods felt stiffness in his back after seven holes Wednesday and decided to call it a day, not wanting to aggravate the week-old injury and not entirely certain he would be able to defend his title in the American Express Championship. The way his year has gone, that's just his luck.
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Tiger Woods picked up right where he left off last week Â at the top of the leaderboard. Woods, who won the Buick Invitational on Sunday by eight strokes, shot a 7-under 65 Thursday to take a two-shot lead after the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic.
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BETHESDA, Md.  -- Ten years later, Tiger Woods struggled again at the Congressional Country Club. Woods bogeyed the first two holes of his own tournament on Thursday before rain forced a brief delay. When play resumed, it didn't get any better. By the time his round was over, he had missed a 2-foot tap-in, hit a man in the face with a drive and tossed his putter in frustration at his bag several times.
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On the verge of becoming just another millionaire golfer, Woods finally put his new swing to good use. He sure resembled the Tiger of old in the second round of the Tour Championship, shooting an eight-under
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Tiger Woods goes into this week's Nissan  Open in Los Angeles with a chance to reclaim the world number  one spot he lost to Fiji's Vijay Singh last September.
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Defending champion Tiger Woods said Wednesday he injured his back sleeping on a plane last week and will not know until before his tee time whether he can play in the American Express Championship.
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Defending champion Tiger Woods and ten of Europe&#39;s victorious Ryder Cup Team will lead the worldâs top golfers into action this week in the World Golf Championships - American Express Championship at Mount Juliet Conrad, Co.
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THOMASTOWN, Ireland Defending champion Tiger Woods says he hurt his back sleeping on a plane last week and will not know until before his tee time whether he can play in this week&#39;s American Express Championship in Ireland.
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DEFENDING champion Tiger Woods won a remarkable battle with pain by posting a four-under-par 68 in the first round of the American Express World Championship at Mount Juliet in County Kilkenny yesterday.