Tiger Woods at Deutsche Bank Championship 2013: Day 1 Recap and Twitter Reaction

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Published: August 30, 2013

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If Tiger Woods plans on claiming his second Deutsche Bank Championship, he’s going to have his work cut out for him thanks to a historic first-round performance from his playing partner.

The world’s top-ranked golfer carded a solid three-under score of 68 at the TPC Boston course, sitting in a tie for 18th place at the time of his finish. There were plenty of groups still remaining on the course when Woods concluded his round, with his group being among the earliest to tee off at the Norton, Mass., event. He carded four birdies against one bogey, missing multiple makeable birdie putts for a lower score.

Here is a look at a hole-by-hole breakdown of how Tiger's day went. 



While Woods' 68 keeps him in contention, it pales in comparison to a brilliant outing from Phil Mickelson. Playing alongside Woods and Masters champion Adam Scott, Lefty birdied seven of his first nine holes and flirted with 59 before finishing at with an eight-under score of 63.

He currently holds a one-stroke lead over Kevin Stradler. Scott fared a little worse than his fellow luminaries, carding a two-over score of 73.



Tiger undoubtedly would have preferred to have Mickelson's day, but the round had several promising signs for the 37-year-old golfer, who came into Norton with plenty of questions. Multiple times during last week's Barclays tournament Woods crumpled to the ground in pain due to a lingering back issue. According to Kevin Maguire of ESPN, the world's best said the injury was caused by a soft mattress in a hotel bed.



He's currently getting treatment two or three times a day. Throughout the week there were initial questions about whether he'd play in the event, but those were put to rest by playing in the tournament's Pro-Am on Thursday afternoon. 

Combining yesterday's 18 holes with Friday's first round, the prognosis read...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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