Woods gets kicked off the course
By JOSEPH WHITE / AP Sports Writer
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - Even Tiger Woods doesn't have free run
at the Congressional Country Club.
The 21-year-old Masters champion, perhaps trying to avoid the
huge galleries that follow him to distraction, showed up at 6:15
a.m. Wednesday to play the back nine in preparation for the U.S.
Open. When he got to the 13th, he was ordered to stop because
the course had not yet opened for practice.
Woods was "a little uptight" over the situation,
according to one marshall, and left to work on his putting game
at the practice green. He returned to the course at 7 a.m. and
played No. 10, but had to skip Nos. 11 and 12 because they were
being mowed.
He then played the last six holes, hitting the water twice
with approach shots at the 17th.
Woods then stood for about five minutes at the bank, watching
a snake that was near his ball. The reptile eventually swam away
and Woods retrieved the ball, ignoring yet another Congressional
rule posted on a nearby sign: "No fishing during golfing
hours."
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