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Singh in the Driver's Seat
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Mediate gushed that he "had a blast today" and also said he had no quarrel with the added length to the course, even if it would seem to put him and other relatively shorter hitters at a disadvantage, especially if the course gets soft from rain predicted for the weekend.
"The Masters tournament sets up their golf course exactly how they want to set it up because it's their tournament," he said after a bogey-free round.
"If you don't want to abide by what they do, don't come. I said to Tiger yesterday that I don't understand the complaining about Tiger's hitting a 7-iron and I'm hitting a 4-iron. Well, he's a million times stronger than me and he hits it 50 yards farther. What's wrong with that? I don't have a problem with that. I can still make a score."
Woods's score included two three-putt greens, starting with a three-putt par at the 575-yard No. 2. He had several decent opportunities to get himself under par, including another three-putt at the 240-yard No. 4. Woods used a 3-iron off the tee there and left himself a 40-footer that blew eight feet past the cup, and he missed the comeback par putt.
His eagle at the 14th also marked the first time he had holed out a shot from the fairway in the Masters, and the double bogey that followed may also have been the first time he found himself at Augusta National with virtually no chance to hit a decent shot with his ball in a fairway divot at the 15th.
"Usually when you hit the ball in a divot, you have some type of play," he said. "I actually had no play because I was on the back side of it. One of my options I thought might be just a 7-iron right in the grandstand, just rip it from 100 yards and just try to pelt the grandstand. Then I thought, you know what, I should be able to get some kind of [60-degree wedge] on it and fly it to the hole, let it skip over the green and try to get up and down. I hit it, and I fatted it."
Singh had no such major adventures on his five-birdie, bogey-free round, but he also knows if the wind blows and pins are placed in more precarious positions, it's only going to get tougher.
"They can make it really difficult," he said. "It doesn't need too much. Better not say that too loud. Maybe they'll move it back another 50 yards next year."
