The first hole Tiger Woods ever played on the PGA Tour he birdied. It was in 1992 on the par-5 1st hole at Riviera Country Club in the Los Angeles Open. When he would normally have been in a geometry class at Western High School, the 16-year-old Tiger was instead about to play a round on the PGA Tour.
He remembers: “I teed the ball up and I was totally fine with my practice swings, no big deal. I get over the golf ball, no big deal. Look down the fairway, like ho hum, it's an easy tee shot from No. 1 at Riv. I take it back and the club felt like it weighed like eight tons. I didn't know if I could get it to the top of my swing. … I’d never felt the club get that heavy. I was nervous, like I always am before an event, but I had never felt so awkward going back.”
