L OUISVILLE — It was well before lunchtime on Thursday when Tiger Woods finished his play on Valhalla Golf Club’s 18th hole with a tap-in par. He’d started the first round of his 23rd PGA ...

He always has. He stood in the 18th fairway at Valhalla -- on the fairway he had conceived of and created as a course architect -- knowing he had to hole a 72-yard wedge shot to make the cut.

The Kalashnikova family continues to face the daunting reality of a large and unaddressed hole in front of their home on Godiva Road in Valhalla, with no communication from the metro since May.