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THOMASTOWN, Ireland — Tiger Woods pursed his lips and cursed under his breath as he stood over his first tee shot, feeling spasms in his back and knowing the sharp pain that was coming with each shot.
He yelped after his second drive. His knees buckled after making contact on the sixth tee. He stopped a half-dozen times and lifted his shirt so his caddie could rub heating cream between his shoulder blades.
what he didn't expect was the score — a 4-under 68 that left Woods two shots behind British Open champion Todd Hamilton after one painful round in the American Express Championship on Thursday.
Campbellson. "I thought it might loosen up a little bit, but it didn't." Woods said. "I was hoping the spasms would go away, but that didn't happen, either. I just had to get through it somehow and post a number."
Woods hurt his back when he fell asleep in an awkward position while flying home from New York last week in his private plane.
He said on the eve of the tournament that he might not be able to play, an injury report met with skepticism until he showed up on the practice range and went 20 minutes before taking a full swing.
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By the end of a cool, overcast day at Mount Juliet, only the score next to his name looked normal.
"Quite nice." Hamilton said. "Even if the guy is healthy or hurt, he's got a big heart. He can be hitting the ball all over the place — which he's done a lot lately — and still shoot 2, 3, 4 under. The guy never gives up."
Just one of the guys
Injury aside, Woods was just one of the guys in a round where
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hurt, he's got a big heart. He can be hitting the ball all over the place — which he's done a lot lately and still shoot 2,3,4 under. The guy never gives up."
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The course played longer because of the damp air and soft fairways, but the greens at Mount Juliet are among the purest in golf and are always accommodating.
Hamilton took advantage with four straight birdies down the stretch before he made his only bogey of the day on the final hole, going from rough-to-rough and having to chip to 4 feet to limit the damage. He wound up with a 66 and a one-stroke lead over a half-dozen plavers.
putter "the putter felt good the whole day," Hamilton said. "If you can't put on these greens, you can't putt, because the greens are spectacular."
Among those at 67 was Adam Scott, who made quite a turnaround. The 23-year-old Aussie couldn't make a 16-inch putt on the 11th, then couldn't miss and had five birdies on his final six.
and Stuart Appleby.
Sergio Garcia, still riding high from the Ryder Cup, joined European teammates Miguel Angel Jimenez and Luke Donald at 67, along with Steve Flesch
"Just what I needed, a big finish jike that." Scott said.
Woods was among eight players at 68, including U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen and Lee Westwood. Ernie Els opened with 12
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straight pars before making three birdies down the stretch for a 69.
Call him 'Oscar'
Woods has managed just fine with previous injuries. He hit a baseball-sized rock at the '99 Tour Championship that jammed his wrist, but he recovered easily to win.
He had dry heaves from a stomach virus in the final round of the Bay Hill Invitational last year, often bending over in the trees, and still hung on to win by 11.
Some of the caddies privately called him "Oscar" for his dramatic performance, but Thursday was no act.
Woods changed his swing to alleviate the pain, at times looking like Corey Pavin with a short, choppy swing, and at times looking like Gary Player by stepping forward with his right foot after impact.
"I had a hard time turning either way," Woods said. "I don't know how it looked on TV, whether or not my shoulder turn was halfway decent, but it sure didn't feel very good."
He still managed to extend his cut streak to 132 tournaments simply by teeing off since the World Golf Championship has no cut.
Woods took two painkillers as soon as he arrived at Mount Juliet, and he looked like an amateur warming up for a Wednesday pro-am on the range. His opening tee shot was a weak fade, although he made birdie. Woods also birdied the second hole from 20 feet.
From thick rough on the side of a slope on the par-5 eighth, he dug into the grass and laid up in perfect position, setting up a 15-foot birdie. Then on the ninth, his tee shot dribbled into a bunker close to a steep lip. From 180 yards, he figured to have no shot, but the ball came out clean and he made a 40-foot birdie putt from the fringe.
Some people in the gallery wondered how long he would
last before walking in. But Woods also hit a few shots that indicated he could still play, and still post a good score.
woods stood there and smiled when the putt dropped, the only time all day he looked as if he was having fun.
"I was playing nice and then kind of blew it on the 11th," Scott said. "That got me fired up a little bit, and I finished strong. If I was even (par), then it's hard work the rest of the week. But I'm in good shape right out of the box, so I'll just hang around with them and see if I can have a good Sunday."
The rest of the day, he grimaced and winced, holding his left arm close to his chest, or bending over on his bag as caddie Steve Williams rubbed the heating cream into his back.
"I guess that was to try and keep it warm, but he couldn't believe the knots in it," Woods said. "He said, 'It feels like you've got a sleeve of balls in there.'"
Scott was in shock on the par 3 11th after blasting out of a bunker to 3 1/2 feet. The par putt slid 16 inches by the hole, and Scott missed that one coming back, then had to make a 3-footer for double bogey.
He started sticking his shots inside 10 feet, two-putted for birdie on the 17th and ended with a 25-foot birdie.
"I don't know what happened there," Scott said. "At least it didn't cost me too much."
Woods wasn't willing to look that far ahead.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police investigating the shooting of a Cleveland Indians pitcher near Kauffman Stadium said the incident reminds them of a shooting at the stadium four years ago that wounded a Royals fan.
Kyle Denney, who started Wednesday night's game against Kansas City, was hit in the leg by a small-caliber bullet that was fired into the team bus at the intersection of interstates 70 and 435 as the Indians were headed to Kansas City International Airport.
"I'm just trying to get to tomorrow," he said.
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The bullet whizzed past outfielder Ryan Ludwick, who was injured slightly by debris, before hitting Denney's calf. Team trainers removed it immediately and the bus continued to the airport before Denney was taken to a local hospital. Denney stayed overnight at a Kansas City hotel before flying to Minnesota to rejoin teammates Thursday.
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In the 2000 shooting, a bullet passed through Virginia Olsthoorn's abdomen and lodged in her left elbow while she sat in the stadium's lower level, along the right field line.
"It brings back memories of it, for sure, yes it does." Sanders said of the 2000 case. "That was a random shooting. We want to hope this is a random act."
Police Sgt. Tony Sanders said the shooting was reminiscent of one in June 2000, when someone fired three shots into Kauffman Stadium, one of which hit a Haysville, Kan., woman who was watching a game between the Royals and Pittsburgh Pirates. One of the bullets hit a seat in the upper deck of the stadium, while the other struck the back of the scoreboard.
Though team officials insisted the shot came from outside of the stadium — most likely from a passing vehicle on I-70 or an area north of the highway — Olsthøn sued the Royals for
not ensuring nobody at the stadium had a gun.
The team denying responsibilty reached a confidential settlement with the
woman in June 2001. Nobody was ever arrested.
Sanders said solving Wednesday's case is a high priority for police because of the nature of the attack, not because it involved professional athletes.
"This is serious," he said. "We believe that whoever has done this could have seriously injured someone, or killed someone. Luckily the wound was considered minor and not life-threatening. That's the good thing about this whole situation."
he said a number of people have called police with tips, but no solid suspects have been identified. Kansas City has its share of drive-by shootings, but not usually along the interstate, he said.
"We deal with a fair amount of those over the course of the year," he said. "This being the interstate, though, we don't have people on a regular basis going down the interstate randomly firing at vehicles. The fact that we haven't found someone makes it all the more serious. It could be someone who would want to do it again."
As part of a routine rookie hazing ritual, Denney and other rookies were dressed in cheerleader outfits when the shooting occurred. The team trainers' credited the high white boots Denney was wearing for preventing further injury, said Indians spokesman Bart Swain
Denney changed from the cheerleader outfit to street clothes before being taken to the hospital, Swain said, while the rest of the rookies boarded the flight to Minneapolis, skirts and all.
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