{"id":409630,"date":"2019-05-16T13:30:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T17:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/?p=409630"},"modified":"2025-04-23T16:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:37:21","slug":"tiger-woods-stuggles-pga-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/tiger-woods-stuggles-pga-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods struggles in Opening Round"},"content":{"rendered":"

The reigning Masters<\/a> champion and 15-time Major winner Tiger Woods<\/a> got out to a slow start Thursday at the 101st PGA Championship<\/a>. No stranger to New York’s Bethpage Black, Woods won wire-to-wire here at the 2002 U.S. Open and was the only player out of 156 to finish under par that year. Thursday Woods marked up his scorecard with everything from bogeys and double bogeys to birdies and even an eagle.<\/p>\n

A difficult opening nine<\/h2>\n

Starting out on the difficult 502-yard par-4 10th hole Thursday, Woods went right off the tee for his first drive of the day. With fairways at a premium this week he was forced to lay-up from 201 yards out. A third shot over the green led to an eventual double bogey to open Woods’ quest for a record-tying 82nd PGA<\/a> victory.<\/p>\n

After four straight pars, the four-time PGA Championship<\/a> winner bounced back with a birdie at the par-4 15th. A dialed in approach left Woods with a 15-footer which he rolled home with precision. Unfortunately, that was the last of the good news over his opening nine.<\/p>\n

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Right in the heart of the \ud83d\udd73\ufe0f.<\/p>\n

First \ud83d\udc26 of the day for @TigerWoods<\/a>.pic.twitter.com\/Aig2l5crt6<\/a><\/p>\n

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n