In a year filled with so few highlights and plenty of shocking lowlights for Tiger Woods, it is wise to remember that Thursday's 7-under-par 65 was just one round of golf in an unofficial event among 18 players.
No sense getting all worked up when Woods has shown various flashes throughout his worst season as a pro, only to revert to the old bad habits that have maddeningly kept him from playing the kind of golf that had become so routine throughout his career.
But it seemed different at Sherwood Country Club during the first round of the Chevron World Challenge.
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