“It’s great to be back” said Tiger Woods after his first competitive round in a major in a long time. “OMG the crowds have been incredible. I had several standing ovations and the fans have been incredible so warm over my fight to play this game again,

“I’m almost lost for words” he saif. “I’m so grateful to be playing in front of them”.

He had to grind out his opening round, did not take advantage of the par 5s and made a few mistakes one of which was misjudging the direction of the wind which turned from east to south. “I hit every club in the bag” and the way the ball was taking off it was going half a club further”. He shot 73, +1.