We have all heard this one before.
Tiger Woods hits back-to-back birdies to finish out a round and bring about a roar from the crowd packed in like sardines to watch the golf legend.
Problem is, this two-hole mastery at the Honda Classic came on a Friday and Woods needed the strong finish not to win the tournament, but to make the cut. A day after taking 30-plus putts in the opening round, Tiger did what he could to play on through the weekend in Florida. It's a far cry from the Tiger of yesterday, the golfer who had the golfing world hinging on his every stroke, ready to wear red on Sundays and pump their fists like their hero.
The fall from grace is long and well documented and media today focus intently on the Woods' comeback, which has included but one tournament win.
There were signs of the focus and tunnel vision today that has put Woods in the photograph of all-time greats, but any golfer knows that consistency leads to the lowest scorecard on Sundays, not a good round here and there.
Woods was coming off an awkward press conference. He was pressed for comment on Hank Haney's tell-all book and when a reporter wouldn't take 'no comment' for an answer, Woods fired the death stare of all death stares at the scribe. All this because he allegedly wanted to be a Navy Seal?
Woods hate-in with the media continues to grow. Only the scribes with enough parts to ask tough questions get shot down. The fluffy, after the round television love-ins with side-course reporters don't count. I am interested to see how Tiger fairs this season in the Majors. He is playing better golf and no-one can turn on the tunnel vision better when need be.
The Americans commanded 11 of the top 13 places at the Honda Classic when I sat down to write this blog, just Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose carrying the hopes for Northern Ireland and England, respectively.
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