MEXICO CITY — Tiger Woods took two off the first tee and fought back from there Thursday at the WGC-Mexico Championship. Some thoughts and observations from an up-and-down round of even-par 71 on Day 1 at Chapultepec Golf Club:
• Well, that could have been worse. Frankly, both of those balls he hit off the first tee could have (should have?) gone out of bounds. It was clear he was trying to hit a cut onto the green at the drivable par-4 but said after the round that he toed both attempts. The tree he whacked with his second ball is the only thing that kept him from teeing up a third Bridgestone.