Vital putts can overshadow Tiger Woods' shotmaking skills

All anyone is talking about is the putt.

But when Tiger Woods called his swing coach the morning after the Arnold Palmer Invitational, all he wanted to talk about was the shot that set it up.

"He was so happy with himself," Hank Haney said.

It was a 5-iron from 164 yards, and those two numbers are but one example why this was an exquisite shot at Bay Hill on Sunday.

The wind had switched and was coming into him from the right. The flag was tucked behind the lake on a green framed by rocks. Bunkers guard the back of the green, which slopes toward the water.

And the most important detail? Woods was on the 18th hole, …