AUGUSTA, Ga. — After 18 holes of golfing and about as many hours afterward recuperating, Tiger Woods is playing again at the Masters Tournament.
It is not going nearly as well as it did on Thursday.
Woods bogeyed four of the first seven holes on Friday, a day after he shot a 71 to stand at one under par, and fell sharply down the leaderboard. He fought back with birdies on Nos. 8 and 10, and then fell back again with bogeys on Nos. 11 and 12.
Woods, playing less than 14 months after a car wreck that left his leg on the brink of amputation, had anticipated heightened difficulties as the week progressed and his body weathered the hilly stresses of Augusta National Golf Club.