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

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Published: September 19, 2013

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Following a lackluster opening-round performance Thursday at East Lake, Tiger Woods will have plenty of ground to make up on the leaders this weekend in Atlanta if he hopes to win the 2013 Tour Championship.

Woods had very little luck with the putter in Round 1, failing to record a single birdie through 18 holes and shooting a three-over 73 to finish the first round nine shots back of leader Henrik Stenson (six under par).

Only PGA Championship winner Jason Dufner finished with a worse score than Tiger Thursday. He shot a four-over 74.



The PGA Tour's official Twitter account provides some perspective on Tiger's awful outing:



Afterward, a frustrated Tiger Woods declined all interview requests, according to GolfChannel.com's Tiger Tracker on Twitter:



Yes, it was one of those days for Tiger, per Amazing Sports Pics on Twitter:



Golf Channel's Kelly Tilghman adds some more perspective on Tiger's difficult day:



As Stenson, Billy Horschel, Steve Stricker and others were starting fast and picking up early birdies to jump out to the top of the leaderboard, Tiger was struggling, settling for par through the first four holes before a disappointing effort on No. 5.  

Woods got in trouble early on No. 5, finding the bunker and going on to record his first bogey of the round.



Though it was only Tiger's first bogey of the tournament, Woods' playing partner, Stenson, compounded the situation by lighting it up early. This put Woods under pressure and made every one of his mistakes that much more agonizing.



Although he would go on to par the final four holes on the front nine, there was very little for Tiger to be encouraged by heading to the back nine as he watched the leaders pull further and further ahead.

After bogeying No. 10, Tiger dropped even furt...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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