Score: Bogey
Overall for the day: 1 over
No. 5: Par-4, 502 yards
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The hills-and-valleys round for Tiger Woods continues. Takes one with a birdie at 16, offers it right back with a bogey at 17. As he strolls to the last tee, here is what hes done: Five birdies, six bogeys, six pars.
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Not that he desires to make this a routine, however Tiger Woods with another sand save. He gets up and down at the 3rd to restore par. All 3 gamers missed the green – get used to that, its a 240-yard par 3 – and Woods and Morikawa were both able to convert, while Thomas might not.
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Invite to the U.S. Open at Winged Foot. Tiger Woods has to grind out par at No. 2 after a bad tee shot into the fairway bunker left him 40 backyards behind Thomas and Morikawa. Discarded method into greenside trap, but gets up and down. Pars take work here.
Score: Par
Total for the day: 1 under
No. 13: Par-3, 212 yards
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What a weird round for Tiger Woods. He carded 6 bogeys, six pars, five birdies and one double.
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Perhaps the strategy is iron off the tee? Tiger Woods finds just his second fairway by putting away the heavy lumber at the sixth. He sculpts a wedge into the tucked-right pin and rolls in a 5-footer for his first birdie of the champion.
Rating: Double-bogey
Total for the day: 3-over 73
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The 16th hole is not a birdie hole. Its a monster at 498 yards. Of course, Tiger Woods rolls in a 20-footer for simply the third birdie of the day to that point. No matter what happens on the final two holes, hes going to be signing a scorecard with a lot of plenty of circles (birdies), squares (bogeys) and pars.
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Tiger Woods with a mistake off the tee at the long par-3 13th hole. Misses the green and cant scramble this time. A strong run is halted with a bogey to move him back to even par.
Rating: Bogey
Total for the day: Even
No. 14: Par-4, 452 lawns
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Tiger Woods opens his U.S. Open at Winged Foot by hitting the first fairway, discovering the green and rolling 2 putts for par. He d be fine with repeating that 71 more times.
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Look out … Tiger Woods has it going. After his bogey at No. 8, hes rattled off three successive birdies to get to 1 under for the U.S. Open.
Score: Bogey
Total for the day: 2 over
No. 9: Par-5, 565 lawns
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Golf is cruel. Tiger Woods had an 8-footer for a 4th successive birdie at 12. Started walking after it … however then it curls out.
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Another missed fairway then results in the dreaded one-foot-in, one-foot-out-of-the-bunker shot for Tiger Woods. Another bogey. Its been a struggle early on a difficult course in benign conditions.
Score: Birdie
Total for the day: Even
No. 17: Par-4, 504 backyards
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Tiger Woods missed out on the fairway at the 14th– heard that before today?– however had simply 160 yards to the green. All those good vibes from the three straight birdies are gone.
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Score: Par
Total for the day: Even
No. 4: Par-4, 467 yards
Score: Par
Total for the day: Even
No. 3: Par-3, 243 lawns
Rating: Birdie
Overall for the day: 1 under
No. 12: Par-5, 633 yards
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A large drive and another missed fairway at the lone par 5 on the front took away the opportunity for going for the green in two for Tiger Woods. He got himself back in position to have a lengthy birdie putt – which dropped.
Rating: Par
Total for the day: 1 over
No. 16: Par-4, 498 lawns
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Tiger goes back to the chauffeur at No. 8, which implies back to the rough. The difference between fairway and rough – despite the fact that he missed out on by simply a few feet – is severe at Winged Foot. Which small miss off the tee includes another bogey.
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The putter is getting a little hot for Tiger. After rolling one in for birdie to close the front 9, he drains another at the 10th to move himself back to even par. 2 huge birdies there.
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Rating: Par
Total for the day: Even
No. 2: Par-4, 484 backyards
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Rating: Bogey
Total for the day: 1 over
No. 18: Par-4, 469 yards
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Score: Birdie
Overall for the day: 1 over
No. 10: Par-3, 214 yards
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Tiger Woods with a strong method to the par-3 seventh. Cant transform the birdie, but thats back-to-back stress-free holes. He required a little break after just how much work it took to make it through the very first 5.
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Thats what occurred to Tiger Woods at the fourth. He rolled that in, however it was a lot of effort simply to make bogey.
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Rating: Bogey
Overall for the day: 1 over
No. 15: Par-4, 426 lawns
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If you have any concerns about the bunkering at Winged Foot, Tiger Woods is the guy to ask. Muscled his technique from 180 backyards to the back of the green then gently coaxed in a two-putt par from above the hole.
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Rating: Birdie
Total for the day: Even
No. 11: Par-4, 384 lawns
Score: Par
Overall for the day: 1 over
No. 8: Par-4, 490 lawns
Rating: Birdie
Overall for the day: 1 over
No. 7: Par-3, 162 yards
Tiger Woods has to grind out par at No. 2 after a bad tee shot into the fairway bunker left him 40 backyards behind Thomas and Morikawa. A large drive and another missed fairway at the lone par 5 on the front took away the opportunity for going for the green in two for Tiger Woods. Tiger Woods had an 8-footer for a fourth successive birdie at 12. If you have any concerns about the bunkering at Winged Foot, Tiger Woods is the guy to ask. Of course, Tiger Woods rolls in a 20-footer for simply the third birdie of the day to that point.
MAMARONECK, N.Y.– Tiger Woods first round at the U.S. Open was a microcosm of the state of his golf game because he returned after the three-month shutdown due to the fact that of the coronavirus– he had some rough moments, a few excellent moments and a lot of minutes of disparity.
There were stretches of bogeys. A back-to-back-to-back birdie run. One unpleasant double on the final hole of the day. A consistent diet plan of missed out on fairways.
In the end, the scorecard amounted to a 3-over 73.
A lot took place to get to that number. Here is how his preliminary at Winged Foot unfolded:
No. 1: Par-4, 451 lawns
Rating: Bogey
Overall for the day: 2 over
No. 6: Par-4, 321 yards
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