Inside Cover

TIGER'S SECRET WEAPON

A First Look at The New Ball--And the Man Behind It--That Has Given Woods His Groove Back page G12

PLUS

FIRST: KENNY PERRY HANGS ON page G7

A GOLF WRITER'S REUNION page G22

ULTIMATE SKIN GAME• page G27

MY SHOT: GO FOR IT,

MICHELLE! page G34

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PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID WALBERG

DISGUISED All year Woods has used a new ball marked to look like his old one.

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BRIAN SMITH/CORBIS-OUTLINE