Hot! Woods Opens Pga Tour Season With 68 At Pebble Beach

By Greg Heakes (AFP)

PEBBLE BEACH, California Tiger Woods bought his or her 2012 PGA Tour time off of to somewhat of a sound start, firing a four-under 68 for the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am that will be seated personal trainer shots again of any trio connected with leaders.

Woods needed advantage of a few excellent weather with Thursday's earliest circular at this Spyglass Hill course viewed as the actual moreheavy-duty from the three lessons this industry will certainly take on this particular week.

"I drilled it fantastic today," Woods said. "I feel much a lot more reassured with this game."

The 14-time important success ended up being all 5 swings back of a threesome for the leading with the leaderboard, New Zealand's Danny Lee, Charlie Wi with South Korea plus American Dustin Johnson who seem to most attained nine-under.

Wi submitted a course-record 61 for the par-70 Monterey Peninsula Country Club training course whilst Johnson as well as Lee carded 63s within the par-72 Pebble Beach Golf Links.

Ken Duke and Brian Harman were tied with regard to fourth only 1 action returning from the leaders.

Woods, who's these days ranked 18th in the world, created your move at two-under with a shiny sunny evening about the Monterey Peninsula.

The best circumstances observed a new bevy with lower scores.

Wi flirted that has a 59 intended for very much of in a given period on Monterey although two-time success Johnson obtained off of to your six-under commence by way of half a dozen holes.

"Any moment you might be shooting nine-under you might be building putts," Wi said. "It had been really pleasant to find out this ball go in today."

Woods, whom had been used along with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, began with the 10th tee and started his or her circle having back-to-back birdies. He as well birdied the primary target with their again eight as well as possessed another possiblity to near with a birdie about his par-four last hole nonetheless overlooked his 18-foot putt to settle to get a par.

"Boy that guys usually are tearing the tennis training apart," Woods said. "With the course for instance this specific you can not receive too far guiding this leaders. You've got to take advantage of them (weather) for the reason that the following (Spyglass) is the more difficult with the some courses."

Former world number one Woods hit 11 of 14 fairways along with 15 involving 18 veggies within regulation in a spherical that included half a dozen birdies along with a couple of bogeys. He required simply 29 putts.

Overall Woods ended up being happy about his spherical but also were feeling there was some missed opportunities.

"I didn't give personally ample seems when I had wedges around this hand," Woods said. "I want to do a greater employment associated with that.

"With the standing the particular way that they were I felt for instance I needed to come down compared to I did."

Woods rolled in a birdie on his primary hole, the particular par-four 10th, once his method shot make your flagstick plus resolved some feet from the target to get a small birdie putt.

Woods hit a great drive for the par-five 11, ending up with regards to 180 meters on the pin. His method gave up on age 14 feet in the hole, allowing your ex boyfriend a shot at an skull cap but his / her next putt just brushed the cup, leaving the pup which includes a tap-in along with back-to-back birdies to be able to start out the day.

Woods have missed his bid that will start together with about three consecutive birdies along with needed to happy with a tap-in par about the par-three 12th.

He made bogey for the par-four 13th nonetheless bought to come back to two-under having a birdie around the 17th hole.

Woods, that rallied from far back to help earn this celebration within 2000, decided that Pebble Beach National to generate his / her PGA Tour season debut immediately after certainly not playing within this celebration in the past decade. Woods' final win within the PGA Tour seemed to be 27 many months ago.

In his only different physical appearance this season, Woods finished third two 2 or 3 weeks in the past inside Abu Dhabi.

Woods is actually certainly one of simply four regarding the top end something like 20 on the globe from the Pebble Beach field. The others consist of Johnson (No. 10), Nick Watney (No. 13) in addition to Phil Mickelson (No. 17).