Tiger Woods suffers disastrous first hole of the US Open
The much-anticipated return of Tiger Woods to the U.S. Open got off to a rocky start — and that’s putting it nicely.
Nothing like a triple-bogey 7 to put you in scramble mode for the rest of Round 1, but that’s what Woods produced on his first hole.
Woods, who hasn’t played in the U.S. Open since 2015, drove his tee shot 252 yards safely into the fairway. He had just 135 yards to the hole.
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But his second shot wound up past green and into the second cut of rough.
That’s where the troubles really began.
His third shot made it onto the green initially, but rolled back off the green and into the first cut of rough.
Shot No. 4 again failed to remain on the green, and rolled back to the first cut of rough.
He finally reached the green in five, landing less than seven feet from the hole. But he needed two putts to finish his dubious triple bogey.
Woods followed up his triple bogey with a bogey on No. 2, putting him at +4. He again missed a short putt on his par attempt.
Coming into the Open, putting was considered the biggest question mark of Woods’ game.
Woods is hardly the only big-name player who has struggled out of the gates during Thursday’s opening round.
Rory McIlroy, who has missed the cut at the previous two U.S. Opens, dug himself a deep hole early. He followed up back-to-back bogeys with back-to-back double bogeys to sit at 6-over par after just five holes. He finished with a 10-over par 80.
Jordan Spieth went 3-over on his first two holes. He also had a double bogey and a triple bogey on par 3s. He finished at 8-over par.
In fact, the morning threesome of McIlroy, Spieth and Phil Mickelson combined to shoot 25-over par.
Woods is paired with Dustin Johnson and Justin Thomas, each have whom have been ranked No. 1 in the world this season. Johnson reclaimed the No. 1 ranking from Thomas with his victory last weekend at the FedEx St. Jude Classic.
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