If you know anything about Tiger Woods, it's this -- when the top golfer in the world gets off to a hot start, it usually means doom for the rest of the field. Since 2005, Tiger has opened tournaments with rounds of 65 or better six times, winning four of those events.
On Thursday at Quail Hollow, Tiger's first tournament since a disappointing Masters, Woods was on fire, torching Quail Hollow Club for a 7-under 65 that included a 30 on his second nine. Woods started on the 10th hole, and was slow to get going, making just one birdie on his first nine holes, but the front nine was where he got a little crazy.
Tiger birdied his 10th, 12th and 14th holes of the day to get in a share of the lead at 4-under, but in typical Woods fashion, he wasn't completely satisfied. Three birdies on his closing three holes was good enough for his best round since his 2008 knee surgery by three shots.
His round can best be described by his stats. Tiger hit 78 percent of his greens in the opening round and needed just 26 putts. Trailing Woods is a host of golfers at 4-under that include Jeff Maggert, Retief Goosen, Hunter Mahan and Lucas Glover, all who have finished their first round.
Tiger won this tournament back in 2007 after opening with a 2-under 70, and tied the front nine record with his 6-under 30 on Thursday.
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good to hear. if only he could start off like this more often in majors ... he'd have at least 18 by now
So what? It's only the 1st round and Phil is -4 after 9!
phil was -4 after nine and could only manage -1 for his second. that aint gonna cut it. however that was a helluva save on 17. but what was he doing over there in the first place?
Hey Tiger, you said a 10 handicap could not break a hundred on a US Open course set-up. I'm a 9 handicap and just shot a 87 at Bethpage from the tips. If you want to give me 15 strokes I'll beat your butt!!!!
hey, I'd put 1000 on Tiger. He'd eat your lunch....
Yeah! I"d take a piece of that pie elp