Watch: Tiger Woods holes 71-foot putt to take lead at Bay Hill

To say Tiger Woods is trending in the right direction would be a gross understatement.

 

After a T12 at the Honda Classic, Woods finished T2 on Sunday at the Valspar Championship.

 

This week, he's at Bay Hill for the Arnold Palmer Invitational -- a tournament he's won a record eight times, including his last start there in 2013.

 

In a way, you could almost call him the defending champion along with 2017 winner Marc Leishman.

 

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Well, Tiger's also showing that he still has quite the affection for the home of Arnie.

 

On the seventh hole Thursday in the first round -- his 16th of the day -- Woods holed a 71-foot birdie putt to take the outright lead at 4-under par.

 

Check out the putt here:

 

 

We feel you, Tiger. All you can do is laugh when putts like that one drop in.