Woods pleased with round
It was a new year but the same old story for Tiger Woods in the opening round at the Bridgestone Invitational today.
Woods, who has owned Firestone Country Club with five victories in his past seven appearances, wasted no time making his presence felt, carding a two-under-par 68 on a steamy morning.
“I am very satisfied,” said Woods, who joined Mark Calcavecchia, Stuart Appleby and Boo Weekley one stroke behind leader Hunter Mahan with half the field back in the clubhouse.
“I hit the ball pretty well today, just a couple of loose ones. My short game was decent and I had some pretty good touch on the greens.”
Mahan continued his recent impressive form to head the 81-man field in the World Golf Championships event.
“Early morning, it was a little soft. You could be aggressive with some of your approaches,” said Mahan.
“It was nice to take a little bit of advantage of that.”
Mahan posted his first PGA Tour victory in late June, and he has finished top 10 in his subsequent three starts, including the British Open.
Meanwhile, world number two Jim Furyk pulled out without hitting a shot, due to an injury in his upper back-ribcage area. He hopes to recover in time for next week’s USPGA Championship.
