{"id":373109,"date":"2011-04-07T20:39:32","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T20:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/07\/tour-report-tiger-opens-with-a-1-under-71-pgatour-com\/"},"modified":"2011-04-07T20:39:32","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T20:39:32","slug":"tour-report-tiger-opens-with-a-1-under-71-pgatour-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/07\/tour-report-tiger-opens-with-a-1-under-71-pgatour-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour Report: Tiger opens with a 1-under 71 (PGATOUR.com)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AUGUSTA, Ga. \u2013 Only once in his 16 previous starts in the Masters has Tiger Woods managed to break 70. That happened last year when he opened with a 68, eventually finishing tied for fourth.<\/p>\n

In the four years in which he won the Masters, Woods has shot 70 three times and 74 the other time.<\/p>\n

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Woods<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

So shooting a 1-under 71 in Thursday\u2019s first round left Woods feeling fairly pleased with his position, even with Rory McIlroy posting a 7-under 65 earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m right there in the ballgame,\u201d Woods said. \u201cI\u2019m only six back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Woods was a bogey-free 1 under at the turn, but he dropped consecutive strokes to par at Nos. 10 (when he three-putted) and 11.<\/p>\n

He quickly bounced back, though, making a nice par-saving putt at No. 12 to get up-and-down, then two-putting for birdie at the par-5 13th (his only birdie on a par-5 hole all day) and followed with another birdie at the par-4 14th.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was nice to make that putt at 12 and get something going,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Woods needed 30 putts to complete his round, but he was happy with the way he was rolling the ball.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hit a lot of beautiful putts,\u201d he said. \u201cThey were just skirting the edge. Hopefully, they\u2019ll start to go in.\u201d<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll need to if he wants to make the kind of move he\u2019s made before at Augusta National. In his four wins, he\u2019s produced second-round scores of 66, 66, 69 and 66.<\/p>\n

He\u2019ll also need to hope that McIlroy cools off.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d rather be where Rory\u2019s at,\u201d Woods said. \u201cBut there\u2019s a long way to go. We\u2019ve got a long grind ahead of us.\u201d \u2013 Mike McAllister<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n

Click here to view Tiger\u2019s scorecard<\/strong><\/i><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n

McIlroy in familiar position<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
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Rory McIlroy shot a 7-under 65 Thursday at Augusta National.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM Site Producer<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n

AUGUSTA, Ga. \u2014 It wasn\u2019t quite the opening round at St. Andrews nine months ago, but Rory McIlroy\u2019s 65 on Thursday was good enough to give him the lead at the Masters.<\/p>\n

Now he hopes he doesn\u2019t do what he did the next day of that British Open.<\/p>\n

McIlroy shot 80 in the second round there to fall out of contention before rallying to finish third.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously at the time I was very disappointed to come off the course and shoot 80 after shooting 63. But looking back on it, it was a very valuable lesson in my development as a golfer,\u201d McIlroy said Thursday. \u201cI\u2019ll be thinking about it and I\u2019ll be thinking about how I can do things better Friday than I did that day in St. Andrews.\u201d<\/p>\n

It would have been hard for McIlroy to do anything much better on Thursday when he had seven birdies and no bogeys. He appeared headed for an eighth birdie but missed his birdie putt on the 18th. McIlroy also had similar opportunities on Nos. 8 and 10, but he wasn\u2019t exactly disappointed with his day.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would take 65 all day long,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cCould have been lower, but I also could have got a bad break here or there and I might not have been able to get to the green on 13 from the pine straw or something.\u201d<\/p>\n

With all the preparation McIlroy put into this year\u2019s Masters, however, it\u2019s easy to see why he didn\u2019t have any bad breaks. He got here a week ago and played 27 holes last Friday.<\/p>\n

Prior to that, McIlroy spent 10 days in West Palm Beach, Fla., where he worked with his coach, Michael Bannon, and played with Dustin Johnson, Camilo Villegas and others.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to take three weeks off because I wanted to be prepared and fresh and ready to go for this week,\u201d said McIlroy, who is playing in just his ninth career major. \u201cSome people like to get into a run of events and play well, but I feel like the first week back out for me is my best week.\u201d<\/p>\n

It certainly showed on Thursday.<\/p>\n

McIlroy is comfortable turning the ball right to left, which is a shot you need at Augusta National, and he says he\u2019s learned where to miss in this his third Masters.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s also learned from his experiences at St. Andrews and Whistling Straits.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s possible that I can go out and shoot another 65, but I know that it\u2019s also very likely that I\u2019m not going to do that,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cSo if I do find myself in a bit of trouble, I\u2019m going to have to stick in there, grind it out, and that\u2019s something that I feel as if I learned to do at St. Andrews. Even though I didn\u2019t do it on that Friday, I feel like shooting a score like that, you should really never make that mistake again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

As close to Masters green \u2026<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

By Melanie Hauser, PGATOUR.COM Correspondent<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n

AUGUSTA, GA. \u2014 The answer to your question is yes.<\/p>\n

Rickie Fowler was wearing Masters green. Well, Puma\u2019s version of Masters green.<\/p>\n

“That\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to do,\u201d he said. “This is the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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