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Woods getting excited about his game
Buick Invitational starts Thursday
SAN DIEGO — Three weeks into the PGA Tour season, Tiger Woods finally arrived with expectations larger than ever.
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Tiger Woods pulls out his driver while playing a practice round at Torrey Pines Tuesday.
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The difference this year is that he created them.
First came a comment toward the bottom of a story on his Web site earlier this month when he was asked about the possibility of winning the Grand Slam in a calendar year.
"I think it's easily within reason,” he said.
Then came a five-week break over the holidays that was filled with hours on the range.
"It's the first time he didn't go skiing,” swing coach Hank Haney said Tuesday after watching his pupil play nine holes on the North Course at Torrey Pines, followed by a one-hour session on the back end of the practice range.
"He is really working hard,” Haney said.
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