The Hero World Challenge is the first week back at school for Tiger Woods, and he has a new teacher.
He probably isn’t worried about finding a seat at the lunch table, but Woods has to be anxious to see what four months of recuperation from a back injury — and two months of work with instructor Chris Como — produces in competition.
He’s not the only one interested. The four-day, no-cut, 18-man charity event at Woods’ Isleworth home course will be the most-watched silly season tournament in recent history.
How different will Woods look — both physically and mechanically — from the last time we saw him, moving gingerly around Valhalla G.C. at the PGA Championship in August? What will Tiger consider to be a good result come Sunday afternoon?
Hank Haney is familiar with all the pieces of this puzzle — from Isleworth, where he watched Woods play …