Tiger Woods is at St. Andrews, and right here is how Spherical 1 goes at The Open

For months, even earlier than he returned to aggressive golf after his severe automobile accident in February 2021, Tiger Woods stated he can be enjoying The Open at St. Andrews.

“Very often,” Justin Thomas stated earlier this week when requested whether or not Woods had talked to him about being right here for the 150th Open.

Woods, to verify he was prepared, even skipped the U.S. Open, permitting his leg, and his physique that has endured a number of surgical procedures over a profession during which he has received 15 main championships, to heal.

“It’s my favourite [course],” he stated.

So, right here he’s, able to make maybe his final actual run throughout an Open held on the dwelling of golf. We comply with alongside:

That is what the Previous Course goes to throw at Woods on Thursday.

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No. 1: Par 4, 375 yards

Woods entered this Open stuffed with hope. Then his opening tee shot, a trademark stinger, landed in a divot in the course of the miles-wide fairway on the first gap. He then chunked his second shot from the powerful lie into the burn in entrance of the inexperienced. After a drop, Woods hit a fragile little chip over the water to go away himself a 3-footer for bogey – which he missed. Unhealthy bought worse actually quick.

Rating: Double bogey

Complete for the day: 2 over

No. 2: Par 4, 452 yards

This tee shot averted any issues, discovering a pleasant, flat lie within the middle of the golf green. However Woods had a membership an excessive amount of and flew the flag by 50-60 toes. After a shaky begin with the putter on the first gap, Woods navigated his means with none drama on the second.

Rating: Par

Complete for the day: 2 over

No. 3: Par 4, 398 yards

There isn’t any means round it: Woods hit an atrocious second shot into the third gap. He had simply 109 yards in and missed the inexperienced brief and proper. On the laborious floor, it spun again and settled 24 yards from the opening. A so-so pitch left 15 toes for par. He did not simply miss that one however ran it 5 toes previous the opening to go away a tester simply to save lots of bogey. He made that one, however nothing has come simple by means of three holes.

Rating: Bogey

Complete for the day: Three over

No. 4: Par 4, 480 yards

A fairway and inexperienced for Woods on the fourth. Good, proper, contemplating how the primary three holes had gone? Probably not. His method shot settled without end from the opening. His first putt got here from 53 toes. He left that one 11 toes brief. He missed that, too. The dreadful begin simply bought worse.

Rating: Bogey

Complete for the day: Four over

No. 5: Par 5, 570 yards

Lastly, there gave the impression to be a break from the ugliness that enveloped the primary 4 holes. Woods was in entrance of the inexperienced in two, a superb likelihood at birdie possible coming. As an alternative, he hammered his bump-and-run nicely previous the opening. As an alternative of a authentic likelihood at getting a shot again, Woods needed to play protection and safely navigated a two-putt par.

Rating: Par

Complete for the day: Four over

No. 6: Par 4, 414 yards

As quickly as Woods made contact along with his second shot, he dropped his head and muttered to himself. He has carried out that lots to begin The Open. One other poor iron shot was adopted by one other poor lag putt. However, finally, Woods made one. He rolled in a 13-footer to keep away from one other bogey. He put a second consecutive par on the scorecard, but it surely did not come simple.

Rating: Par

Complete for the day: Four over

No. 7: Par 4, 371 yards

Woods has lengthy been recognized for the twirl, spinning the membership in his arms after a superb shot. The one-handed follow-through, that has at all times signified a nasty shot. And he had the one-handed follow-through on the seventh. His tee shot went miles left and located a bunker on an adjoining gap. He had no shot, forcing nothing greater than a chip out. He compounded that with one other terrible iron shot and missed the inexperienced. By the point this mess was carried out, it was the second double of the day — and it is solely been seven holes.

Rating: Double bogey

Complete for the day: 6 over

No. 8: Par 3, 187 yards

One more missed inexperienced for Woods, which has remained a theme over this tough opening stretch. However an imaginative little pitch bought him shut sufficient to safe a wanted par.

Rating: Par

Complete for the day: 6 over

No. 9: Par 4, 352 yards

Woods couldn’t assist however giggle as he walked off the ninth inexperienced. He had simply shot 41 on the entrance aspect at St. Andrews, however no less than it got here with a birdie. He has a ton – a ton – of labor to do on the again 9 to get himself able to have even a small hope of constructing the reduce come Friday. However, for now, he simply needed to smile on the lone brilliant spot in an in any other case bleak begin to The Open.

Rating: Birdie

Complete for the day: 5 over