While in Chicago ,Woods worked to quiet speculation on two fronts, the first being general concern that his gangly, 6’ 1”, 150 pound frame was in danger of breaking down under the force of his swing and the weight of his heavy playing schedule. Before his injury at Shinnecock incurred on a hard swing from the rough Woods in the last two years had undergone a knee operation and suffered from occasional back pain. But last week he insisted he has no chronic physical problems. “ The wrist is fine,” he said. “ I don’t have any lingering pain. I’m still growing into my body, and as I get stronger, the less I’11 get hurt.”