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Security detail shoots Tiger's opening drive back into the fairway

Tiger Woods teed off at 1:42 p.m. ET at the Masters on Thursday. His first competitive drive since since stepping away from the game to deal with personal issues flew wide right off the face of the club. But a quick-thinking member of the golfer's 90-strong security detail shot it back into the fairway in mid-flight. "We are here to keep Tiger safe and let him play his round in peace," said Kirk Tepper, the former Navy Seal employed this week by Woods who shot the ball. "And nothing makes him more upset than wayward drives." Woods' ball exploded into pieces high over the rough when hit by the bullet. One piece was found on the green, just two feet from the hole, so PGA officials let him place his ball there and he putted in for eagle. Woods' team plans to continue to aid his comeback to the game in any way they can. "We have all of the bunkers heavily mined," said Steve Williams, the golfer's caddie. "If he hits a ball in there, it will be blown out onto the green immediately. You know, for his safety."