It is hard to imagine how much stretching, exercising, grimacing and more stretching Tiger Woods has to do for his back to feel ready to play any one round of golf. The public did get an inkling before the final round of the Masters, as tee times were moved up about six hours to avoid potentially dangerous afternoon thunderstorms.
When the revised schedule was announced, Woods said, "I'll wake up at 4, maybe 3:45, and start the process of getting this body going."
That sounded very reasonable, and all too familiar, to one avid amateur golfer _ one who put his heart and soul and back muscles into playing third base for the Mets. "I saw that," David Wright said Monday about the April 13 quote from Woods. "I can definitely relate to that."