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Jeev slips to eight-over,bad beginning for Tiger as well
Tiger Woods swung away on the 18th tee on Friday morning,watched his ball fly into a bunker on the way to another bogey....
Written by Associated Press
Farmingdale,new York | June 20, 2009 02:38 AM IST
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Tiger Woods swung away on the 18th tee on Friday morning,watched his ball fly into a bunker on the way to another bogey,and turned away in disgust. Little came easily for the worlds No 1 player after the resumption of the rain-delayed US Open at soggy Bethpage Black. Woods gave back four shots over his final four holes to finish his opening round at four-over 74.
I was even par with four to go, Woods said. I mean,its not like I was hitting it all over the place. I was hitting a lot of good shots. Unfortunately,I just didnt finish off the round the way I needed to.
Injured Jeev Milkha Singh had started his remaining first round with birdies on the ninth and the 10th,but slipped right after. A triple bogey on the par-three 12th and two bogeys had him end the first round at eight-over 78,tied 139th.
Among other early finishers of the first round: Jeff Brehaut and Ian Poulter were even par,while Vijay Singh and Jim Furyk were two-over. Masters champ Angel Cabrera finished four-over,and that was still two shots better than British Open and PGA Championship winner Padraig Harrington.
A blue sky and sunshine arrived in the afternoon,as the temperature rose almost as quickly as a new batch of names climbed the leaderboard. Peter Hanson and Mike Weir moved ahead of the pack,getting to three-under while still playing their opening nines.
Woodss side of the field will not start its second round until Saturday.
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