By Douglas Holtz-Eakin
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Tiger Woods has faced more scrutiny that any other golfer from his generation. Maybe ever.
The television viewer who reported the illegal drop Tiger Woods took during the second round of the Masters was more than just a golf fan. Sports Illustrated reported Wednesday it was David Eger, a rules expert who has worked for the USGA and the PGA Tour.

Tiger Woods also was in one of the 10 matches that didn't start Wednesday. He opened against Charles Howell III, while Rory McIlroy faced Shane Lowry.

If you need an antidote to last year's bitter election cycle, spend your Presidents Day poking fun at the dysfunctional politics that have overtaken Washington with Mark Russell, who has been performing his sharp political satire for more than 30 years.
Tiger Woods is going to have to wait to pursue a seventh win at Torrey Pines.
Listening to Supreme Court justices question lawyers doesn't sound like the stuff of great theater. But somehow it is _ in the hands of one of the city's most acclaimed companies.

It's been four years since Sergio Garcia's last PGA Tour victory. He'll have to wait one more day before he can try to finish this one off.

About a dozen onlookers clapped when Lance Cpl. Jason Deters announced Jim Furyk on the 10th tee of Congressional Country Club's Blue Course Saturday afternoon.
Tiger Woods stepped out of the clubhouse at Congressional and into a strange new world of quiet Saturday. No one called out his name. No one pushed against the ropes and held out a cap for him to sign. No one was there.
Brian Harman, the first alternate, made his debut in The Players Championship and shot 73. It was a round he won't easily forget, for reasons not the least bit related to his score.
Tiger Woods never found his golf ball and received a free drop when it was pointed out a fan picked up the ball. He went on to miss the cut at Quail Hollow by one shot. The rules official decided the evidence did not merit a penalty.
A lost ball didn't cost Tiger Woods at the Wells Fargo Championship. A lost game did.

Luke Donald looked out from his hotel room and saw Dove Mountain covered in snow Sunday morning, not the conditions he would expect in the hours before the Match Play Championship final against Martin Kaymer.
All those rookies ready to start their PGA Tour careers will have to wait another day.
This FedEx Cup might be remembered as much for the winners as who didn't get to play.
But Russell said there was nothing wrong with it.
But Mark Russell, vice president of competition for the PGA Tour, said there was nothing wrong with the drop.
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