AP, Ponte Vedra Beach :
Tiger Woods had a much more enjoyable experience at the 17th hole of The Players Championship on Saturday.
A day after carding a quadruple-bogey 7 at the famed island green, Woods made a birdie and had a lengthy laugh with playing partner Kevin Na in the third round. Na hit his tee shot to 4 ½ feet. Woods followed with one even closer, getting his ball to stop inside 3 feet.
Na, considered one of the slower players on tour, putted first and raced to his get his ball out of the cup. Woods took notice of the speedy move and then mocked Na by doing the same with his birdie putt.
“He almost picked the ball out of the hole before it even got there,” Woods said. “And I had pretty much a kick-in, so I tried to emulate him as best I possibly could, meanwhile still trying to make the putt.”
