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Woods struggled with his long game, but a hot putter kept him within touching distance of the leaders, four strokes behind the pace-setters Steve Lowery , Stewart w hotel atlanta Cink and Scott McCarron , with half the field back in the clubhouse.
Woods, playing for the first time since the Sept 11 terrorist attacks, was shadowed by at least half a dozen security personnel as the US Tour and tournament hosts, Disney World, went to extraordinary lengths to ensure the safety of one of sport s biggest names.
Woods compiled six birdies to more than offset a double bogey and a bogey. His double came at his ninth hole, the par-four 18th, where he took a penalty stroke after driving into a hazard, and failed to reach the green with his third shot.
His bogey, w hotel atlanta at his final hole, came after he hit a rare shank. His drive almost trickled into a hazard, stopping less than a yard from a watery grave. Taking a precarious stance, he had to be careful to keep his weight on the back foot, lest he topple into the water.
The anthrax attacks in the United States have left Woods with a dilemma. He receives, by his own estimation, a few thousand pieces of mail a week, and his assistant opens each one, something Woods wants to continue.
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