Woods Enjoys the Company of Ties to His Stanford Roots at CordeValle at LinesMaker

Woods Enjoys the Company of Ties to His Stanford Roots at CordeValle

SAN MARTIN, Calif. — Some of the moti­va­tion in Tiger Woods com­pet­ing at the Frys.com Open is its prox­im­ity to his alma mater Stanford.

Woods said Wednes­day he was hop­ing to take in the Cardinal’s week­end foot­ball game against Col­orado. The two hour, 20 minute fog delay this morn­ing, how­ever, will pre­clude Woods from at least catch­ing the kick­off of the contest.

Per­haps a con­so­la­tion prize came to Woods in his Fri­day gallery en route to 3-under 68 at Corde­Valle. For­mer Stan­ford foot­ball coach Ty Will­ing­ham was an hon­orary observer for the group. Don­ning Wash­ing­ton Huskie pur­ple – the color of the employer of his last head coach­ing gig – Will­ing­ham received a hug from Woods after the world No. 51 made a clos­ing birdie to get under par for the tournament.

Woods was also trailed by Stan­ford team­mate and close friend Jerry Chang, which the 14-time major win­ner clearly noticed while grouped with UCLA stud Patrick Cantlay.

“[I]t’s always nice to come back here and to play in front of peo­ple I know,” he said. “I saw coach out here, so it’s always good.”

The par­ti­san crowd was a big appeal to Woods, say­ing, “I think it’s awe­some because a lot of peo­ple are wear­ing Stan­ford. It’s great to have them out here sup­port­ing, and it’s been a great atmosphere.”

For as enjoy­able as it was for Woods to have a lot of crim­son and vis­i­ble S’s in the crowd, he seems to have made a friend in Cant­lay. The two con­versed at length walk­ing down the fair­ways of Corde­Valle on Fri­day. The chem­istry would seem nat­ural given their sim­i­lar ver­nac­u­lar after their open­ing rounds – and the pro­jected ascen­sion of the 19-year-old.

Woods may have got­ten the bet­ter of Cant­lay over the past two days, but the ama­teur can retort by claim­ing a longer cuts-made streak: five to one.

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