September 19, 2013. Tiger Woods’s record of two wins at East Lake has been notable in the past, where he begins chase for Tour championship by Coca-Cola this week.
“I think I’ve had a good run here,” Woods said. “I’ve won twice and finished second four times. That’s not too bad over the course of my career here.”
Tiger Woods had the first coming in 1999 and the most recent in 2007, in the first of his two FedEx Cup championship seasons. Woods also has four runner-up finishes at East Lake, including three times in his last five appearances.
[highlight] I’m going to go out there now and get a feel for the greens, do some work, and get used to chipping off Bermuda again because that’s obviously very different than we’ve had the last few weeks [/highlight]
“I have felt comfortable on this golf course. This week’s going to be interesting. We’re going to get some different weather coming in here, and obviously got to make the adjustments.”
The weather forecast predicts threat of thunderstorms and rain this weekend is one thing. In addition, that Woods has to adjust to playing off Bermuda grass again.
The last five tournaments Woods has played, including all three FedEx Cup Playoffs, have been on Bent grass. The fairways at East Lake are zoysia but the tees, greens and rough are Bermuda.
“I’m going to go out there now and get a feel for the greens, do some work, and get used to chipping off Bermuda again because that’s obviously very different than we’ve had the last few weeks,” Woods said.
Woods added that players take note of several things when they plan their schedules from courses that suit their games to amenities offered by resorts or the tournament. Moreover, when a player returns to a course like East Lake for the 14th time, as he is doing this week, there aren’t too many surprises.
Rajlakshmi Retesh writes with inputs from PGATour.com
