There was a moment, a brief moment, when Tiger Woods was one stroke off the lead in a major in 2022. It didn't last.
Through his first five holes on Thursday morning, Woods was 2-under par and looking strong and confident, not at all like he was still recovering from a February 2021 car wreck. But then the drives started drifting, the approaches started fluttering and the putts stopped falling, and Woods plummeted down the leaderboard to end the day at +4.
"I did not hit a lot of good iron shots. I drove it well, but my iron shots were not very good," Woods conceded afterward.