Bay Hill: Darren Clarke has dismal start
Europe's finest got off to a poor start at the Bay Hill Invitational in Orlando, Florida.
Steve Pate, Dennis Paulson, Mark Calcavecchia, Phil Mickelson and Grant Waite top the leaderboard on six under.
But only Frenchman Jean Van de Velde emerged with any real credit from the trans-Atlantic raiding party.
The USPGA Tour regular opened with a three-under-par 69 to claim a share of 15th place but was one of just three Europeans to break par.
Newly-crowned Order of Merit winner Lee Westwood and Spanish sensation Sergio Garcia fired 71s to join Tiger Woods in joint-35th after day one.
Nick Faldo and Germany's Bernhard Langer are just one shot back on level par but seven-times European number one Colin Montgomerie and double Masters winner Jose Maria Olazabal are well down the field on three over.
Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke fared even worse and has just four players among the 122-strong field behind him after he slumped to an 80 - the last-placed golfer being golden oldie Arnold Palmer, who went round in 85.
