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Jim Souhan

Jim Souhan: Golf pro knows, Tiger’s comeback is painful and impressive

MINNEAPOLIS — Roger Fahrenkrug attended the first round of The Masters this year, then headed to Augusta's small airport. A flight attendant correctly guessed that the longtime teaching pro at Braemar Golf Course in Edina, Minn., had an interest in golf, and asked on which side of the plane he was sitting.

That sounded like a strange question, until Fahrenkrug peered through the window and saw a private jet painted with a Nike swoosh and the initials "TW.''

It was late Thursday afternoon. Tiger Woods had finished his first round at Augusta National, competing in his first major championship since severely damaging his right leg in a one-car accident and being told that amputation, in his words, "was on the table.''

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