LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods is, remarkably, just like the rest of us.
Woods was standing over his ball in the middle of the 18th fairway at Riviera Country Club on Thursday afternoon, preparing to hit his final approach of the day in what was his first round back on the PGA Tour in close to a year.
But instead of simply hitting it onto the green like he was supposed to — like he’s done countless times before — Woods shanked it. His ball went flying off to the right, into the trees and down into the sloped brush that sits well below the final green.