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Tiger Woods has won the WGC-Championship seven times in his career, but this is the 14-time major winner's debut appearance at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Naucalpan, Mexico. As we've seen throughout the past 16 months in his comeback campaign, the latest iteration of Tiger-mania evokes a special type of fervor, a passion especially expected at a town he's visiting for the first time.
So when Woods arrived to the opening hole on Thursday, he received the hero's welcome you'd imagine.
Including from the first-tee announcer:
https://twitter.com/Skratch/status/1098671903164846080
Apparently said announcer had done his prep by watching the not-at-all classic Down to Earth:
Unfortunately for Woods, his tee shot did not live up to the introduction, sending his drive off the property and having to reload:
https://twitter.com/GeorgeSavaricas/status/1098665962902118405
Results be damned. We'll always have Naucalpan.
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Michael Cohen/R&AWhile the world's best golfers tee it up at the WGC-Mexico Championship this week, the world's next-best golfers are playing in Puerto Rico. But one player nearly missed the PGA Tour opposite-field event because of travel issues. And he wound up having quite the tale to tell.
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Zac Blair didn't get into the event until the eve of the tournament, gaining entry when another alternate, Cameron Percy, dropped out. That was great news for 28-year-old golfer who is predominantly playing on the Web.com Tour this year after losing his PGA Tour card last season, but there were a couple minor hurdles to clear:
Blair was at his home in Salt Lake City.Blair was given the earliest tee time (7 a.m.)What would have been a bit of a scramble with everything going smoothly became anything but. Here's how an exhausted Blair described a wild 24 hours:
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