Tiger Woods was once so nearsighted he said he would be considered legally blind without glasses or contacts. He had Lasik surgery in October 1999 after the Ryder Cup, won the Disney Classic in his first tournament back and has done fairly well since.

He realized this spring it was time to do it again.

"My vision started slipping," Woods said after The Players Championship. "I was getting headaches from squinting all the time."

He said he had laser surgery for the second time the Monday after the Masters Tournament.

"Mine stayed the way it should for ... what is it, eight years now?" Woods said. "That's pretty good."

Just as in 1999, Woods won his first tournament after eye surgery when he captured the Wachovia Championship by two shots.

COCERES REVIVAL: Jose Coceres didn't even make it through Qualifying School last year and started the season with only past champion status, having won at Disney and Hilton Head in 2001.

But he sure made the most of his opportunities.

The Argentine lost in a playoff to Fred Funk in Mexico. That got him into the Honda Classic, where he lost in the four-man playoff won by Mark Wilson. That helped him move high enough up the FedEx Cup list to get a spot at The Players Championship, where he finished fifth.

He already has earned nearly $1.2 million and is 32nd in the FedEx Cup standings.