DiMeglio's first message is that it's very hot at the Jack Nicklaus-designed Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Marana, Ariz., just north of Tucson. He says there is only a trace of wind and that the crowd is at overflow. The weather means the course is playing fast. The greens are giving the competitors fits, DiMeglio says, because they apparently were watered heavily.  Tiger Woods and Brendan Jones teed off about eight minutes late. Woods stepped away from his tee shot, took another look, then found the fairway. Jones went into the short rough on the left side. The crowd was about 5-10 deep on the walk from the range, and Woods received a standing ovation when he arrived.  Tiger's second shot, from 166 yards out, gets within 10 feet of the hole. He's just two strokes into the round, and already looks as good as ever.  Tiger sinks the putt dead-on for a birdie and wins the hole. Once over the ball, he didn't hesitate at all. Jones' second shot was into a bunker. He recovered nicely though, getting to within 6 feet on his third shot.  Jones is in the rough again with his tee shot, but has a good angle to the green. Woods is closer, about 238 yards away, but gets to within about 6 feet of the hole with another great approach shot. Hard to believe he said he expected to be nervous today.  Jones' third shot on this par-5 powers past the hole, and he misses a long putt coming back. Tiger is 2-up, with a birdie-eagle start. Could he be coming back any stronger?  Tiger is in a bunker with his tee shot. He gets out cleanly, but has little green to work with and goes long.  Jones was sitting just off the green with his tee shot, but had to chip over a sprinkler head and mishit, going way long.  Putting from about 12 feet, Tiger just misses to the left. The hole is conceded, and Woods remains 2-up.  Tiger's tee shot is in the fairway, but Jones has more trouble, hitting way right. The Golf Channel crew is groaning audibly, and expressing sympathy at every turn for the Aussie. He's in the sandy and rocky rough, out there with the tumbleweeds.  Tiger's second shot is on the green, but Jones can't punch out of the grit cleanly, and hits long and to the right.  Jones recovers nicely on his third shot, and is on the green.  Tiger, putting from 22 feet, is short on what clearly is a slow green. The concerns about the greens being watered heavily last night are proving true for the field.  Tiger sinks his putt from 4 feet to halve the hole and remain 2-up.  On a par 4, Woods knows he's way right with his tee shot, and immediately points in that direction as his ball rolls into the short rough. He second shot is right again, into a bunker.  Jones can't take advantage, hitting long and over the green with his third shot.  Tiger has a chance to win the hole, but goes right with his putt. Jones gets on the green with an all-or-nothing lob shot, then sinks a 12-foot putt to halve the hole. That probably was his best two-shot sequence so far.  Woods and Jones are on the green with their tee shots, but Jones appears only 10-12 feet away, while Tiger is 20-something from the hole. The door is open for Jones to get back in it.  Tiger makes a great effort from long range, but just misses. Jones can't sink his 8-footer to win the hole, pushing it left and long. The halve the hole and Woods remains 2-up.  Wood tees off into the fairway, and is sitting 159 yards from the hole. But his approach to the uphill green is short, and rolls back down the hill.  He has to settle for a bogey 5 after getting on and missing a 15-foot putt.  Jones tees into the rough, but hits his best approach of the day, to about 15 feet from the hole. With two putts to win the hole, he gets within tap-in range and cuts Tiger's lead to 1-up.  After two shots, both Woods and Jones failed to get on the green for this par-5 hole. Woods is long and to the right of the hole. Jones is in a bit of a valley, short of the green, and appears to have a tough uphill shot.  Jones chips nicely to within about 15 feet, out of some soggy grass.  But Tiger is about 10 feet away, and smiling broadly after sticking a lob shot.  Jones is long with his putt, but Tiger nails the birdie and goes 2-up again.  It's worth noting that there's been one notable change in the weather, with the wind picking up significantly. The Golf Channel crew estimates it's blowing at about 15 mph, after being very still at the start of the round.  Both Woods and Jones tee off to about 150 yards out on the 452-yard, par-4 ninth.  Jones has the trickier second shot, downwind and uphill, but gets it within about 15 feet.  Woods goes way right with his wedge and is lucky to be on the green, about 25 feet from the hole.  Tiger gets to within 4 feet, then sinks his par putt through his shadow, on a slow green, to halve the hole.  Jones is on the green of this par-4 in two. Woods had a 290-yard tee shot, but came up short on his approach, hitting into an ever-stiffening wind. This is probably the bumpiest green on the course, so nothing will come easy here.  Jones has a 10-foot putt for birdie and to win the hole, but it skims the left lip of the cup. Tiger buries a 4-footer for par, halving the hole and remaining 2-up.  This par-5 is probably the tightest driving hole on the course, and Woods verifies that by hitting into a bunker. Being in the trap forced him to lay up on his second shot, and he's left with a 263-yard approach, into the wind.  After a little back-and-forth with his caddy, Tiger opts for a 3-wood, and leaves himself with about a 25-foot putt. He misses that by maybe 2-3 inches. But the good news is that he expresses his frustration by dropping down into a deep knee-bend, with absolutely no trouble for his repaired ACL.  Jones halves the hole by sinking a clutch 8-footer with his funky, neck-high putter.  On the 221-yard par-3, Woods goes over the green with his tee shot, but is okay. Jones, however, has a problem after muscling up and going way long. The ball is at the base of a grandstand wall.  Jones takes a drop, but badly flubs his second shot out of the rough. Tiger's putt is conceded, and he goes 3-up when Jones is long and wide with a must-sink chip. This is Woods' biggest lead of the day.  Woods grabs his second eagle opportunity on the par-5 13th. His second shot went over the green, but just barely. He left himself with about a 15-footer, and nailed it with a vintage, slow-rolling shot to the heart of the cup.  We were at match point, but Jones rescued the hole and forced at least one more.  Tiger got on in two. So did Jones, but his second shot from distant rough carried to the back of what might be the most expansive green on the course.  But Jones had an excellent long-distance putt to get within 7 feet then sank that for par to halve the hole. Tiger is still 4-up, and smelling victory.  Brendan Jones has forced the match to the 16th hole by sinking a clutch 10-foot putt for an eagle. It's only the second hole he has won, and Woods is 3-up.  Jones and Woods had a 25-minute before teeing off on the par-4, 315-yard 15th. Hitting with the wind, both reached the green with their tee shots. Jones' effort rolled past the hole, fairly close to being an ace. Tiger was 2 feet short on his eagle try, from about 25 feet.
<p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p>RE: Tiger setting</p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p> 16TH HOLE: Match point. Woods just dropped in a 4-foot putt to win the match, 3-and-2. Woods teed off into a bunker on 184-yard par-3 16th, but recovered nicely. The Golf Channel crew enthused at length about...