He’ll now head to the North Course with an eye on posting a red figure in order to make the weekend, as will Rahm, the defending champ, who should not be overlooked as he remains on a hot streak following last week’s victory in Palm Springs.
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The 14-time major champion has endured well-documented back injuries in recent years, and underwent a fourth surgery on the issue in 2017.
Woods, an eight-time champion at Torrey Pines, made a nervy start on the South Course but managed to return a creditable level-par 72 as he mixed three birdies with three bogeys. “It’s going to take a little time, but I’m looking forward to it”.
Lahiri, who was 51st at FedExCup last season, said the break he took around the turn of the year was great.
“It was fun, it was fun to compete again”, he said.
‘Tomorrow, hopefully, I’ll drive a little better, get my irons obviously a lot closer and we get the better of the two greens tomorrow. Hit a couple bad iron shots that I could have given myself birdie opportunities, but this is golf, right?
“It was fun”, Woods said after his first round effort, according to the PGA Tour.
Quote of the day: “It felt good, it looked good”.
“Golf Twitter was on fire, the galleries at Torrey Pines ballooned and there was a general buzz in the sports world on Thursday”, Porter said. But considering he’s rarely had a scorecard in his hand to record anything of significance over the past two and a half years, even he would deem his opening-round effort Thursday at the Farmers Insurance Open a success.
“He might not make the cut, and he might not contend or win all year”. Rahm’s victory elevated him to second place in both the FedEx Cup points race and the World Golf rankings.
Woods, Patrick Reed and Charley Hoffman tee off at 12:30 p.m. The last seven winners have started the tournament on the South Course. He’s tied for 35th.
And then there was the 239-yard bullet on the par-5 sixth, which led to a two-putt birdie. Courses: Torrey Pines GC.
The Fan Village is located at the convergence of three holes – behind the 15th green, adjacent to the 17th fairway and a few hundred feet from the 18th tee.
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It was clear how much the game has missed Woods, as he strode onto the first tee at the Farmers Insurance Open to rapturous applause, and loud yells of ‘”welcome back”, “go get “em Tiger” and the inevitable “you da man”. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have combined for 10 wins between them. While more than several people wore their San Diego State and San Diego Padres gear, Woods appeared in black, with red stripes on his shirt, which was tight enough to reveal a muscular back if not the fused vertebrae that stopped his back from screaming. Photo by Chris Stone Tiger Woods kept a serious look in his latest PGA comeback. And even though it is actually a municipal course, no has ever called Torrey Pines easy.
