In Tiger Woods' opening round of the 2023 Masters, nothing came easily for him, not even the walking or actually hitting the golf ball.
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The 15-time major champion eventually shot 2-over 74, which places him outside of the top 50 of the leaderboard.
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And nine strokes off the early clubhouse lead set by playing partner Viktor Hovland (-7).
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The 47-year-old was instantly under stress. Woods put off the inevitable by having to miss a pair of four-footers just to keep the first two holes at par.
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The first dropped shot of the day came on the short par-4 3rd when he needed four shots from 50 yards in the middle of the fairway.
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The first dropped shot of the day came on the short par-4 3rd when he needed four shots from 50 yards in the middle of the fairway.
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Woods made a 3-putt for bogey after reaching the green on the challenging par-4 fifth hole, and he then made another 3-putt two holes later.
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Finding himself 3 over through seven, the five-time Masters winner temporarily eased his suffering with a tap-in birdie on the par-5 8th.
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Finally, some life was injected into Woods' hobble on the par-5 15th when he converted an unlikely birdie opportunity from 30 feet to get back to 2 over.
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After giving his birdie bid a run on 17, Woods caught an unfortunate lie in the fairway on 18.
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One last bogey put the finishing touches on Woods' 74 and first competitive round since the final day at the 2023 Genesis Invitational in February.