Tiger Woods walked into Open locker room, pro says. Then he ‘flexed’

Tiger Woods hits a shot on Wednesday during his Open Championship practice round.Tiger Woods, Xander Schauffele says, is still “El Tigre” to him. Fifteen-time major winner. Sunday red-shirt wearer. That dude. To that end, he said he’s heard Colin Montgomerie’s comments — the ones that inferred retirement — and he’s dismissed them. “Whether it’s his honest opinion or not,” Schauffele said, “the game of golf needs him, needs him desperately.“Selfishly, I want him to play as long as possible. It just helps all of the guys out here, just with the amount of eyeballs that someone like Tiger Woods brings to golf.”The pros have officially arrived at the historic Royal Troon to begin preparations to clinch major championship glory for the final time this year. Tiger Woods responded those Colin Montgomerie’s comments and Rory addressed why he changed his phone number after the U.S. Open.Schauffele was talking this week ahead of the Open Championship at Royal Troon, where for the first two rounds, he’ll play besides Woods, along with Patrick Cantlay. And it’s his mention of Woods and ‘eyeballs’ that segues nicely into a story, because you’d deduce that most folks around the game would know “El Tigre” by now.