Sad to watch Woods chasing the ghost of his past

Comment | Jim Litke

A fan wearing a Chicago Cubs hat caught in the crush around the third tee at Valhalla Golf Club raised both hands above his head to show off an Illinois license plate. It read: "TIGR WDS".

For those who questioned the wisdom of Woods returning to practice on Wednesday, just three days after a bad back forced him to quit his most recent tournament mid-round, it seemed like an omen - and not a particularly good one. The unofficial motto of those sad-sack Cubs, after all, is "Wait 'til next year".