TIGER WOODS fell victim to the huge excitement caused by his return as a fan was thrown out for putting him off.
Woods was poised over a ten-foot putt on his fourth at Torrey Pines — the par-five 13th — when the spectator yelled “get in the hole”.
It clearly startled the former world No 1. After pulling his putt wide, he slapped his leg and stared furiously into the crowd.
It prompted an angry reaction from the rest of the gallery at the Farmers Insurance Open, who were packed ten deep.
One snarled: “Hey dude, you just made a whole lot of enemies here in Southern California.”
Others pointed to the culprit and urged course marshals to throw him out — which they did.
Yet the incident seemed to ignite Woods, 42, who bombed a 323-yard drive down the next fairway and rattled in a 12-footer for his first birdie of the day.
It was the first of four but four bogeys ensured he ended up level par for the round and finished three under for the event.
He said: “Overall I’m very pleased with this week. I really had to work for those scores — it wasn’t straight down the middle, hit plenty of greens, make a few putts.
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“It was a very solid four days in my first full tournament for two years.
“There’s plenty of room for improvement but I’m so glad to have got this under my belt.”
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