{"id":29110,"date":"2020-07-17T04:14:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T01:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tiger-woods-round-surrounded-by-silence-an-eerie-feeling\/"},"modified":"2020-07-17T04:14:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T01:14:00","slug":"tiger-woods-round-surrounded-by-silence-an-eerie-feeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tiger-woods-round-surrounded-by-silence-an-eerie-feeling\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tiger Woods\u2019 round surrounded by silence an eerie feeling"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Tiger Woods\u2019 round surrounded by silence an eerie feeling<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n DUBLIN, Ohio \u2014 Picture yourself watching Michael Jordan from Row 1 courtside with no fans in the building, just you sitting virtually alone with an unobstructed view of the greatest basketball player of all time.<\/p>\n

Now picture sitting on the glass to witness Wayne Gretzky play, no one sitting in front of or around you as the greatest hockey player of all time performs his magic on ice.<\/p>\n

Sitting in the dugout and watching Babe Ruth or Hank Aaron hit home runs.<\/p>\n

Standing on the sideline watching Tom Brady or Joe Montana engineer a two-minute drill.<\/p>\n

Or being courtside with no one around you watching Roger Federer or Serena Williams play.<\/p>\n

Such was the scene at the Memorial Tournament\u2019s opening round Thursday with Tiger Woods playing in his first tournament in five months \u2014 in front of no spectators for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n

At 1:17 p.m., an announcer at the first tee barked out Woods\u2019 name to introduce him to the smattering of tour officials and media<\/a> who were on hand for his tee time alongside No. 1 ranked Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka.<\/p>\n

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Tiger Woods, with his caddie Joe LaCava, playing in front of no crowds was an eerie feeling, The Post\u2019s Mark Cannizzaro writes.<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And all you heard was, well, nothing.<\/p>\n

No roar. No clapp<\/a>ing. No knuckleheads bellowing, \u201cGet in the hole\u2019\u2019 or \u201cYou da man\u2019\u2019 as he teed off.<\/p>\n

Nothing.<\/p>\n

It was silent.<\/p>\n

It was weird.<\/p>\n

As Woods, McIlroy and Koepka walked off the first tee and toward the adventures of their respective rounds, the only sounds you heard were the players\u2019 clubs quietly clanking inside their bags as their caddies trudged on in the 90-degree heat.<\/p>\n

Under normal circumstances, which is to say no pandemic restrictions and 30,000 fans at the event, the buzz around these three heavyweights of the game<\/a> playing in the same group would be palpable. Thousands would have lined both sides of the fairways at the ropes.<\/p>\n

The theater without the buzz of the fans as dulled to a degree, but it was fascinating nonetheless \u2014 despite the fact that none of the three made a significant charge up the leaderboard.<\/p>\n

Woods, with a birdie on 18, finished with a 1-under 71 to stand in a tie for 18th while McIlroy was the low man in the group at 2-under and Koepka posted an even-par 72.<\/p>\n

But the chance to see Woods so up-close in a major-championship-like field was unique. It\u2019s something people would pay a lot of money for, and that privilege was not lost on the few who were in attendance.<\/p>\n

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Tiger Woods<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe energy wasn\u2019t the same without the fans,\u2019\u2019 Woods said after his round. \u201cThat certainly was noticeable, mostly different. [But] I still felt the same eagerness, edginess, nerviness starting out, and it was good. It was a good feel. I haven\u2019t felt this in a while.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Woods hadn\u2019t played in a tournament since he finished last in the Genesis Invitational in February. Thursday marked 151 days since he\u2019d last played in competition. He was 2-under after three holes, but failed to capitalize on it. Still, considering the layoff and the difficult conditions, it was a decent start.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve played,\u2019\u2019 Woods said. \u201cI got off to almost an ideal start and got a feel for the round early. I just didn\u2019t make anything today. I had looks at birdies, but I really didn\u2019t make much.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very pleased the way I drove it, my feel for my irons. I just didn\u2019t quite hit the putts hard enough. Most of my putts were dying, didn\u2019t quite have enough oomph to it. I was a little bit rusty, but felt like overall it was a good start.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Woods, playing in his first tournament since before COVID-19 put a halt to all sports and has prohibited spectators from attending golf tournaments, said before the tournament that he\u2019d spoken to some fellow players who\u2019ve been playing the past month to pick their brain about pandemic-age golf.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe energy is different,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing to feed off of energy-wise. You make a big putt or make a big par or make a big chip or hit a hell of a shot, there\u2019s no one there. That\u2019s one of the more interesting things that it\u2019ll be going forward.\u2019\u2019\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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