When Woods plays, fans follow

When Woods plays, fans follow

A large crowd showed up Thursday for his 8:35 a.m. tee time in the first round of the PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club. Fans flocked to Woods as he went from hot to not in his second event after a three-month layoff caused by knee and Achilles' tendon injuries.

"I've never been to a golf tournament before," said Kyle Dreger, visiting from Wisconsin for the tournament. "He's my favorite player. <a href="http://www.golfsales365.com/TaylorMade-R11-Irons-4-9PAS-16712.html">TaylorMade R11 Irons</a>
It's my first tournament so why not watch the best player? ... There are a 150-something other players, but I would rather see him."

Starting on the back nine and paired with Davis Love III and Padraig Harrington, Woods was 3-under par after his first five holes. However, after hitting into the water on No. 15, he shot 77 and limped to a 7-over-par day.

Two groups ahead of him was Phil Mickelson, another <a href="http://www.golfsales365.com/Ping-G20-Irons-3-9PS(pre-order)-16715.html">Ping G20 Irons</a>

marquee player, who played to a considerably smaller gallery. Fans found it easier to get a glimpse of Mickelson, who was paired with former PGA winners David Toms and Vijay Singh.

"It's always been like that," said Calvin Thomas, an Alabama man on the difference in the number of followers. <a href="http://www.golfsales365.com/TaylorMade-R11-Driver-16473.html">TaylorMade R11 Driver</a>
"It's good to see [Woods] do good with all he's been through and his struggle to get back."

Woods found himself in the gallery after a wayward tee shot on the par-5 12th hole. He was surrounded five-people deep as he blasted his second shot into a greenside bunker that enticed a roar from the crowd. Other players on the course surely were familiar with that response from tournaments past. An up-and-down for birdie kept Woods' early momentum going.All of the misery threatened to overshadow the attractiveness of Steve Stricker's opening 63, which bundled no pain, no next guesses, not just one bogey.

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