els takes lead, tiger drives into water
UPDATE: Ernie has taken over the lead at -9, followed by Briny Baird at -8. Tiger opened birdie-birdie, but just has sliced his drive 40 yards right into the water on the par 5 5th. Tiger dropped, and then tried to hit a 3-wood over the water. It was a dangerous shot because the “Snake” has water on the other side, too. I don’t know what he was thinking, but Tiger hit his shot and it got stuck in hay like rough. From there, Tiger muscled a kamikaze hack out of the rough 20 yards short of the green. He pitched to about 5 feet and managed to “save” bogey. He’s 2 over par, hovering right near the projected cut line.
