From: Golf FanHouse
by Shane BaconFiled under: PGA, US OpenFor amateur golfers, not men
like Tiger Woods, the end of the round is when your knees start
a-knockin. Your hands clam up, your brow starts sweating and youre
not exactly sure what you did right the first 14 holes. On Friday
at Bethpage Black, in what was the second day of the first round of
the U.S. Open say that five times fast, Tiger rolled in a birdie
putt on the 14th to get back to even par. On a golf course known
more for curse words and broken hearts than birdie opportunities,
even par is a number players would be thrilled with given the
current conditions overtaking Long Island. But for Woods on Friday,
even par was hopeful thinking that only lasted for those first 14
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