Eye-to-eye with Tiger, Atwal dazed

A chance meeting turned out to be a moment that Arjun Atwal will remember for a long time. It8217;s not everyday that Tiger Woods walks up to a relative nobody, greets him by name, invites him to lunch, and then challenges him to a friendly nine holes. But that8217;s what happened when Tiger met Atwal.

On Friday, while Atwal and Gilberto Morales the Venezuelan player were practicing at the Isleworth Golf Club driving range, Woods, who lives in a mansion adjacent to the course, came by and walked up to the two. 8216;8216;Of course we were wowed, but thought it would not be proper to walk up to him and start talking,8217;8217; said Atwal on phone from Celebration. He didn8217;t need to, because Tiger walked up himself with 8216;8216;Hi Arjun! Congratulations and welcome to the Tour.8217;8217;

8216;8216;I was flattered. He obviously remembered me from the Johnnie Walker Classic a couple of years back. But he also knew I had qualified for the PGA Tour. It just goes on to show that he is a very nice human being,8217;8217; says Atwal.