Unruffled Tiger dodges hurled hot dog

Tiger Woods was sure to make news at CordeValle in his first tournament in seven weeks. Only it wasn’t from any of his scores or any of his shots. It was from a hot dog.

Since returning to golf last year after a sex scandal, Woods has heard only the occasional heckle from the crowd. But as he stood over a putt on the seventh green toward the end of his final round in the Frys.com Open – won by Bryce Molder – he heard a commotion and saw remnants of a hot dog being tossed in his direction. “When I looked up, the hot dog was already in the air,” Woods said. “The bun was kind of disintegrating.”

The hot dog-thrower was arrested and later released, while Woods overcame a sloppy opening 73 with three straight 68s to finish in a tie for 30th.