Tiger and Phil a little rusty

I haven't written about golf around here for a while. Not sure why as I have been watching it. Distracted by other things I guess.

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were back in action today for the first time since the US Open at the AT&T National. Tiger missed The Buick to spend time with his new daughter Sam Alexis while Phil was still nursing the sore wrist that has been causing him trouble since he injured in practicing for the US Open.

Today the rust showed. Tiger shot a 73 and Mickelson a 74. At least Lefty was relatively steady. He has 15 pars to go with two bogies and a double. Tiger on the other hand had a roller coster round: 4 birdies, 7 pars, and 7 bogies. They will both need to shake the rust off and get back into form if they expect to compete at Congressional CC outside the nation's capital. In his defense, Tiger is coming off the birth of his first child as well as being involved in hosting duties for the new tournament. He might be a tad distracted; yes, even Tiger gets distracted. It remains to be seen if Phil's wrist is going to keep him from competing.

Jim Furyk and Vijay Singh as well as Joe Oglivy, Stuart Appleby, and K.J. Choi are tied for the lead at four under. I don't see Furyk and Singh coming back to the pack a great deal so I would guess Tiger will need to shoot a low round to get back in it.