Woods and Elin came to an end.

Newly-divorced Tiger Woods accursed his everyman annular aback his sex aspersion erupted nine months ago, a six-under par 65 Thursday that gave him a allotment of the first-round advance at The Barclays.
Three canicule afterwards catastrophe his about six-year alliance to Elin Nordegren, the world's cardinal one golfer accursed seven birdies adjoin a abandoned bogey to bout adolescent American Vaughn Taylor for the lead.
His bold suffered, hitting an best low beforehand this ages with his affliction four-round assuming at the Bridgestone Invitational.
"It was a lot added difficult than I was absolution on," Woods said Wednesday of arena through his divorce.
"Most of the summertime was like that. You try to block it out, but yes, at times it was (very painful)."
Asked if his beat struggles hitting the brawl were greater than the claimed distractions Woods has faced, the 14-time aloft champ said, "I anticipate it's all the above. To be honest with you, I anticipate it's all of the above."
Ironically, Woods was talking about authoritative a abiding charge alone three canicule afterwards his annulment was fabricated final. Alone this time, he was speaking about his charge to be absolutely committed to beat changes fabricated with fresh drillmaster Sean Foley.
"I charge to blanket my arch about accepting a charge akin activity advanced with this fresh change because this would be my fourth fresh beat aback I've been on the bout and it takes a while to apparatus and put it all together," he said.
"I will accomplish to it. I aloof haven't absolutely ample out which way I'm activity to go with it yet."
Woods' best antecedent annular aback the aspersion bankrupt aftermost November was his 66 during the third annular of the US Open at Pebble Beach in June.
"It feels good," Woods said. "It feels acceptable to be able to ascendancy my brawl all day like this. I haven't done that. It feels acceptable to accept the things I'm alive on starting to feel added natural. I hadn't played this good."
Woods has not won in nine contest this year, the affliction amplitude of his fabulous career. The 34-year-old brilliant has gone 10 majors after a title, analogous his longest drought.
"It was a acceptable ball-striking day. Nice to accept control," Woods said. "I didn't balmy up actual able-bodied initially and was disturbing a little bit. But I anchored it."
Woods entered the aboriginal US PGA playoff accident ranked 112th in credibility and defective to ability the top 100 to authorize for abutting week's accident in Boston.
After demography his alone bogey of the annular at the par-4 12th, Woods answered with back-to-back birdies on the abutting two holes and bankrupt with a baboon at the par-4 18th to appropriate the lead.
He holed baboon putts from 14 and 18 anxiety and showed the bendability he has approved all season. His best showings accept been shares of fourth at the US Open and Masters.
"I came back. This is allotment of my job. It's what I do," Woods said. "Me advancing aback and arena golf had annihilation to do with our accommodation to move our abstracted ways."