“A good, solid day,” Tiger Woods called it, and that it was.
CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMOREAUGUSTA, Ga. – Tiger Woods’ first round at the Masters was a steady and rather quiet curiosity. He made four birdies and two bogeys for a solid if not spectacular 70, the same score he shot in the opening round the first three times he won this tournament.
“I felt like I played well and I did all the things I needed to do today to post a good number,” he said. “I drove it well, hit some good iron shots, speed was good on the greens.” After sinking a four-footer for birdie on the par-5 second hole, he missed a five-foot putt for par on the fifth hole after hitting into a bunker off the tee.
He soon held a share of the early lead at 3-under par. After three consecutive pars, Woods put on a show. He scratched one birdie out of Amen Corner on the par-5 13th, then produced the only true fireworks of the round with a curling, 25-foot birdie putt on 14 after hitting his drive into the pine trees.
“Then the next shot was probably the hardest shot I had all day,” he said. “It was up on a root and I had to play short, I laid up on my chip to make sure I didn't catch the root and blade it in the water. So I laid up with a chip, had an easy little up‑and‑down from there and was able to move on with par.”
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