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The son would play 18 holes with his father at Navy Golf Course in Long Beach, Calif., then they would go home to watch the conclusion of the U.S. Open.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>“Father’s Day was actually a pretty cool day,” Woods said Tuesday. “I would always try to beat my dad on the golf course, then come back home and catch the back nine of the U.S. Open. That’s usually how it worked when I was growing up.”</p><div class="aC"><div class="textSmallGrey w320"><a href="#storyContinued">Story continues below ↓</a><hr noshade size="1"> advertisement <div style="padding:0 10 10 10;"><script>ad_dap(250,300,'&PG=NBC9BZ&AP=1089');</script></div><hr noshade size="1"></div></div><a name="storyContinued"></a><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>It didn’t always work out in his favor. He didn’t always win.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Oh, but he tried, as he does now.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>The U.S. Open always ends on Father’s Day, an occasion that rarely has taken on such significance in the days leading up to this major.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span><div class="box_brl" style="width:100%;;"><script></script><table width="100%;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxH_brl"><tr><td width="*" nowrap="true" class="boxHC_brl"><div class="textSmallBold"> ALSO ON THIS STORY</div></td></tr></table><table width="100%;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxB_brl"><tr valign="top"><td class="boxBI_brl"><div class="bigRedLink"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060616034156/http://boards.live.com/MSNBCboards/board.aspx?BoardID=452">Sound off on golfing discussion boards</a></p></div></td></tr></table></div></p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Woods is coming off a nine-week break from golf, the longest of his career. 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Earl Woods — his father, best friend, teacher and role model — died a month later of cancer at age 74.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="left" style="padding:5 15 0 0;"><tr><td><script>getCSS("3053751")</script><div class="box_3053751" style="width:300;"><script></script><table width="300" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxH_3053751"><tr><td width="*" nowrap="true" class="boxHC_3053751"><div class="textSmallBold"> 106th U.S. Open</div></td></tr></table><table width="300" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxB_3053751"><tr valign="top"><td class="boxBI_3053751"><div class="textMed"><b>Winged Foot G.C., Thursday-Sunday</b></div><div class="textHang"><div style="padding-bottom:3px"><span class="bulletRedSmall">• </span><span class="textMed"><a href="/web/20060616034156/http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13336940/" id="gted" ce="Link-1">Tough start for Tiger</a> | <a 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himself in contention on the back nine Sunday at Winged Foot, a scenario that will be difficult to ignore with a Nike commercial that begins airing this week.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Set to the music of The Zombies (“This Will Be Our Year”), the commercial shows some two dozen pictures and video clips of Woods and his father, some of them on the golf course, one scene of Earl Woods hitting balls into a net in their garage as Tiger sits in a chair waiting his turn, twirling a club in his hands.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>“To Dad, and fathers everywhere,” is the message at the end of the 30-second spot.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="right" style="padding:5 0 0 15;"><tr><td><script>getCSS("3053751")</script><div class="box_3053751" style="width:300;"><script></script><table width="300" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxH_3053751"><tr><td width="*" 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that it was a tribute to “make sure all fathers are recognized and appreciated.”</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>His personal tribute is not so much to win, but to compete, which is all his father ever asked.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>“I’m here to compete and play and try to win this championship,” he said, his first time speaking to reporters since his father died. “I know that Dad would still want me to go out there and grind and give it my best, and that’s what I always do. That’s what I will certainly try to do this week.”</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>He looks at it no different from any other major.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="1%" align="left" style="padding:5 15 0 0;"><tr><td><img border="0" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060616034156im_/http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/SPORTS/060609/AP_WOODS_MICKELSON.gif" align="Left" height="328" width="181" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td></tr></table>Woods was on the first tee at Winged Foot as the sun was just beginning to climb over the tree-lined fairways. Swing coach Hank Haney said something that made him laugh so hard that he was still smiling over a 6-iron that never left the flag and settled 12 feet from the cup. A few holes later, a fan with a motor-driven camera set off a series of clicks in his back swing. Woods backed off and glared, hooked his 3-wood into the rough and cursed the cameras under his breath.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>That part hasn’t changed.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>What to expect when the U.S. Open begins Thursday remains to be seen.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>“It’s his first one back for a long and time, and it’s going to be hard for him because of his father passing away,” defending champion Michael Campbell said. “We obviously feel for Tiger. I believe he’s going to benefit from it. 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