Right now, a short distance away from a parking lot Christian bookstore and a new, creamy stucco strip mall with a Five Guys AND a Moe’s, Tiger Woods is steady. A lot of the field is not. Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia, who both owned a share of the lead at the 2013 Masters, double-bogeyed and bogeyed their way down the leaderboard. Woods is just five holes into his second round at Augusta, but thus far shows no signs of giving away much.

Still, Tiger may have regained the top spot in the world golf rankings this year but he is a Major Championship Sunday away from proving he can pass Jack Nicklaus. He has won three of the five official PGA Tour tournaments he has entered this season, hearkening back to the days when he won one out of every three tournaments he entered. But his play in the final rounds of tournaments is still lackluster. Tiger is averaging less than 68 strokes in his rounds before cuts this season, a stunning achievement and the best average on tour. But his final round scoring average is 71.75, good for only 126^th on the tour.

Woods will have to go low on Sunday to win, obviously. He is putting better than he has in years, averaging the least strokes on the green of anyone. His final round performances of late indicate that the handiwork on the green may not be enough.