Tiger Woods has played in The Players Championship 12 times, and has never broken 70 in any of his first rounds. On a calm Thursday that gave up some very red numbers, Woods continued his trend of taking a mild approach, carding a 1-under 71 on an up-and-down day.Woods' round was highlighted with an approach shot on the par-5 16th hole that ended up three feet away for a kick-in eagle. Tiger followed that up with a solid 9-iron on the 17th hole's island green to just outside 10 feet, but a nasty horseshoe left Woods with just another par.
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Tiger's round still looked salvageable after 17 when he birdied the par-5 second hole, but bogeys on 7 and 8 -- which came in before a birdie on his final hole, the par-5 9th -- will have Tiger spending some time at the range after his overall performance Thursday.
While Tiger was struggling, his buddy and fellow major championship winner David Toms was not. The LSU product made eight birdies in an 11-hole stretch during the middle of his round before dropping two shots. John Mallinger and Richard Johnson are currently the clubhouse leaders with 6-under 66s. Jonathan Byrd and Scott Verplank came in with 67s, and Jeev Milkha Singh, Nick O'Hern and John Rollins all finished with rounds of 68.
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5-07-2009 @ 2:51PM
Greg said...
Can't believe that all anyone cares about is Woods. What about the 50 players ahead of him? He'll get the recognition when he does something, so don't "dis" everyone else.
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