Will We Ever See the Old Tiger Again?

Filed under: PGA

SAN DIEGO -- So much for the sentiment that old friend Torrey Pines Golf Course would restore Tiger Woods to his Tigerness.

Torrey Pines, which abuts the Pacific Ocean, is sacred ground to the Southern California native. He won here as a boy and likely can walk its two courses blindfolded without clonking any of its pines. He'd collected seven first-place checks here, including five in a row since 2005. And for his U.S. Open victory in 2008, when he prevailed on one knee, a plaque honors him at the South's first tee.

So the Torrey-as-Tiger-tonic talk picked up when Woods, winless since 2009, arrived here to launch his 2011 season.

Seventy-five touches of the ball later on Sunday, Woods was as bloodied as the San Diego residents who pay $50 to gouge this muni track.

The four-day total of 287 -- one-under par -- was his worst to start a PGA season.

Sunday, Tiger Woods signed a scorecard with nine 5s.

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