through seven holes. he has four birdies on the first seven holes. second place, masters champ bubba watson three under through eight holes. very early. tiger going for this 15th major. hasn't won a major since the u.s. open in 2008. phil mickelson tees off later at 9:43 a.m. eastern time. the fallout over the depar turf jeremy lin from the knicks has escalated thanks to lin's comments he never wanted to leave new york in the first place. he told "sports illustrated" yesterday, quote, honestly i preferred new york. he went to houston as you know. my main goal in free agency was to go to a team that had plans for me and wanted me. i wanted to have fun playing basketball. end quote from jeremy lin. speculation continues as to whether knicks chairman james dolan let lin walk because of financial concerns associated with lin's backloaded contract offer from the rockets, financial concerns he's never had in the history of his tenure in new york or felt lin was