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Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy walked a different walk to open the PGA Championship

TULSA, Okla. -- Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy do not walk the way they once did, when each was at the height of his powers.

Woods, understandably, takes tentative steps these days. He'll often hold a club in his right hand as he leaves the tee box, gently swinging it like a cane as walks toward a fairway. He doesn't lean on it for support -- not exactly -- but it looks like he's using it for reassurance. A security blanket just in case he takes an awkward step. There is a good chance it will always be like this going forward, the pain rising and ebbing to a degree only he understands.