2002 Masters~Vintage Tiger Woods~
It had been 522 days since tiger woods last played on the PGA Tour, but that all changed Thursday at the 2017 Farmers Insurance Open as Woods went out with a four-over 76, saving a disastrous back nine with a birdie on 18.
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Torrey Pines has been good to Woods over the years, which makes it the perfect place for the 41-year-old to begin what is likely the last phase of an all-time career. Still, he probably wishes he had a number of shots back from Thursday.
Instead, it"s a man who shares his agent who leads at Torrey Pines with a few other big names on his heels. Here is how the top of the leaderboard looks along with how a few other stars performed at Torrey.
1. Justin Rose (7 under): Rose made two eagles on the easier North Course on Thursday. If you would have told me a former major winner who is also a TaylorMade staffer and Mark Steinberg client was leading after Round 1, I probably wouldn"t have first thought Rose.
2. Adam Hadwin (6 under): Mr. 59 himself had the round of the day even though he doesn"t have the lowest score. Hadwin played the much tougher South Course on Thursday and played it quite well.
T3. Charles Howell III, Beau Hossler, Trey Mullinax, Brad Fritsch, Gary Woodland (5 under): Howell is Mr. West Coast as he"s almost always lurking in the top 10 of these early-season events. It would be sweet for the former Poke to finish one off. Hossler is a former Texas star, Mullinax a former Alabama stud. They are trying to walk in the footsteps of Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas. Of this group, only Fritsch played the tougher South Course, and he"ll have pole position along with Hadwin heading into Friday.
Other starsT47. Phil Mickelson (1 under): Mickelson gave us the full show Thursday with insane putts and crazy flop shots. He was probably a little bit better than his 1-under 71 indicates.
T77. Rickie Fowler (E):Fowler should be playing better than this. He shot 72 on the easier course Thursday and will have a ton of work to do Friday just to make the cut. I would love to see him really get going as Augusta approaches.
T77. Dustin Johnson (E): Johnson was fifth in the field off the tee (per usual), but he could not score to save his life. Well, until the final hole when he made a birdie alongside partners Woods and Jason Day.
T96. Jason Day (1 over): Speaking of Day, he might have putted as poorly as I"ve ever seen him. He was fourth in the field in strokes gained tee to green and shot 1 over. How is that possible?
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Source: http://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/farmers-insurance-open-leaderboard-tiger-woods-score-live-tracker-highlights/
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