By Elaine Donnelly
Extending sexual misconduct to combat units
Tiger Woods still has a chance to win the Masters.
The first tee shot clattered through a pair of pines on the left side of the 13th fairway, finally landing on the wrong side of Rae's Creek. Tiger Woods tried again, and this wasn't any better. Fans peered across the fairway and only heard the ball rifle through some bushes.
Notable pairings include Tiger Woods with Luke Donald and Scott Piercy at 10:45 a.m., and 2012 Masters champion Bubba Watson with Ian Poulter and Steven Fox at 10:34.
Guan Tianlang is in good company this week at Augusta National.
Nicolas Colsaerts ran into Jack Nicklaus Jr. last week and asked what advice he had about the Masters.
Steve Stricker wouldn't mind if Tiger Woods returned the favor, only it's not that easy.
Tiger Woods teed off after 2 p.m. on Sunday, an old habit that is ingrained after 17 years on the big stage at Augusta National Golf Club.
A look at 20 top players going into the 77th Masters, to be played April 11-14 at Augusta National Golf Club (listed in predicted order of finish):
Tom Watson is giving back one of his captain's picks for the Ryder Cup.
Steve Stricker is in semi-retirement from the PGA Tour, though it sure doesn't feel that way to him.
There is a fascination with numbers when it comes to Tiger Woods, a product of him winning so much over so many years.
"I feel a lot of responsibility there for not winning a point, Tiger and I not winning a point," Stricker said Tuesday. "The first week or two it wasn't much fun just trying to sleep, to tell you the truth. But yeah, that one hurts, and I think it still hurts a lot of us just because of how it all played out."
The top 26 players in the world ranking are all PGA Tour members. ... Steve Stricker says he struggled with his putter over the second half of the year, and one statistic shows that.
