Tiger says overcoming elements will be key in San Francisco


  • Golf
  • Wednesday, 05 Aug 2020

FILE PHOTO: Jul 18, 2020; Dublin, Ohio, USA; Tiger Woods plays his shot from the seventh tee during the third round of The Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tiger Woods competes for his 16th major title at the PGA Championship this week on a TPC Harding Park course he knows well but will have to cope with August temperatures he is unaccustomed to when cool San Francisco fog blankets the area.

The Florida resident, who got to know the course on the shores of Lake Merced when he played at nearby Stanford University in the mid-1990s, has said his surgically-repaired back can tighten up in colder weather.

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