Will Tiger Woods lost His Identity?

Will Tiger Woods lost His Identity?

Twelve weeks since he last was seen with a golf club in his hand, Tiger Woods pronounced himself "good to go" Tuesday and said his own expectations haven't changed in his competitive return.

He's changed his swing, fired his caddie, switched his reliable old putter, and even tried to alter his looks, via that patch of scruff on his chin. These aren't the hallmarks of stability, much less of a winner. The only thing recognizable about Woods as he enters the PGA Championship is his same old glacial arrogance.

"I hit the ball really flush," Woods said after Thursday's two-under-par 68 at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. "The hardest part I had today was controlling my distances because I hadn't hit the ball this flush in a long time."Woods will have some ground to make up, trailing Adam Scott — and former caddie Steve Williams — by six shots. Scott's four birdies in his last six holes left him with a 62 that fell just short of Woods' course record set 11 years ago.But if nothing else,

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Woods' highly anticipated return managed to put two things in the rearview mirror.

He hung around longer than the last time he stepped inside the ropes at a PGA Tour event. And he already has a better round than at any time during last year's visit to Firestone Country Club, when he tied for next to last."It feels great," said Woods, who cut short his last start after only nine holes at the Players Championship. "My practice sessions were good, so there's no reason why I should be worried out there. I went out there and just let it go."

Woods is on a search party to find himself and he doesn't seem close to meeting himself in the mirror yet. He continues to insist he is just one small breakthrough from greatness again, when in reality, "He's well below what he used to be," says Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee. His performance last week — a tie for 37th in a field of 76 with a score of 1 over par in the Bridgestone —

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wasn't much better than it seemed, despite Woods's avowal that he was "encouraged." Certainly, unevenness was natural after a layoff. But mostly what we saw from Woods was the same consistently inconsistent play that has plagued him for two years now: sprayed tee shots and three-putts. It's to the point that you wonder if this is the real him. Maybe Woods can turn his game around in time to win his first major since 2008, but it seems unlikely.But there's nothing deceptive about the fact that Woods found just one fairway on the back nine on Sunday, and drove it so poorly he was 5 over par for a seven-hole stretch.

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