AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods charged right to the top of the leaderboard at Augusta on Thursday, but you wouldn’t have known it on the course.
In normal times — that is, a non-COVID-delayed Masters, patrons in attendance — Tiger Woods can’t take three steps without summoning up ground-shaking cheers. Patrons gather 10 and 15 deep to watch him tee off, watch him tap in putts, or just watch him walk beneath the tall pines.
These are not normal times, and this is not a normal Masters. Where Tiger walks this year, he walks in silence. There are no patrons in attendance, meaning no cheers roaring up from the depths of Augusta National.