CHASKA, Minn. — Tiger Woods was standing behind Dustin Johnson on the driving range at Hazeltine National Golf Club last week when his posture stiffened. Years of celebrity have given Woods the ability to sniff out a camera like a bloodhound.
Out of the corner of his eye, he had spotted a man approaching with a smartphone attached to a hand-held gimbal. Woods relaxed when he saw that the man was videotaping Johnson’s swing.
Woods, 40, whose playing career has been halted by a chronic back injury for the last 14 months, came to Hazeltine as a vice captain for the American Ryder Cup team.