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Tiger Woods fires opening-round 62 (8-under) at the BMW Championship
Tiger Woods set pulses racing at Aronimink Golf Club on Thursday afternoon firing a sensational round of 62. Woods put his old faithful Scotty Cameron Newport 2 back in the bag for the first round of the BMW Championship, meaning he has now used different putters at the first three FedEx Cup playoff events. And boy did that decision pay off.
Beginning his round on the 10th hole, Woods knocked his approach shot to 20 feet to give him an opportunity to set the tone for the day. He duly obliged, burying the birdie putt, before adding two more birdies in his opening four holes with putts from 13 and 10 feet, respectively.
1 hole.
1 birdie.A perfect start for @TigerWoods at @BMWChamps.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/RNAILlhles
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 6, 2018
Sitting at 3-under par through his opening five holes Woods then turned on the afterburners. After finding the fairway on the par-5 16th hole, Woods flushed an iron from 241 yards to within five feet of the pin for an eagle opportunity, which he nonchalantly dispatched to take sole possession of the lead.
EAGLE for @TigerWoods.
He's the solo leader. ????#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/NW35JcHFd7
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 6, 2018
Woods then parred the difficult par-3 17th, before closing out his opening nine holes by draining a birdie putt after he had stuffed his approach shot from the fairway in tight. That birdie brought him to 6-under par and gave him an opening front nine of 29, which incidentally is his best nine-hole score since the 2007 Tour Championship. He won by eight shots that week.
Tiger Woods shot a 29 on the back 9 to start the BMW Championship.
It's his lowest round on a 9 since the 2007 TOUR Championship, when he shot a 28 on the front side of the 2nd round.
Woods went on to win that week by 8 strokes. pic.twitter.com/TP4NZk32ze
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) September 6, 2018
On the opening hole of his back nine, Woods then holed a 13-foot birdie putt to get him to 7-under par, which got everyone on 59-watch. However, the 14-time major champion then ran into a streak of pars lasting until his 16th hole where he snapped that par run with a superb approach shot from the middle of the fairway to set up a tap-in birdie which took him to 8-under par for the day.
Woods. Wedge. Wow.
Leader by 3. ????#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/oYrXLFXOWF
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 6, 2018
On his 17th hole of the day, Woods made a rare error, sailing his tee shot long and left of the green on the difficult 242-yard par-3 hole. That mistake lead to his first and only dropped shot of the day, but it was a shot that he was able to get back instantly on his final hole of the day, drilling home a birdie putt on the par-5 ninth for an eight-under par round of 62. That round of 62 is Tiger Woods’ lowest opening round on the PGA Tour since 1999.
Having come into this week battling issues with the flat-stick over his previous two events, Woods will have been delighted with his performance today with his Scotty Cameron Newport 2. Woods gained over two strokes on the field on the bentgrass greens, taking just one round to validate his decision to return to the putter that won him 13 of his 14 major championships.
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Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
GolfWRX is on site this week in McKinney, Texas, at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson (FKA the AT&T Byron Nelson).
Last year at TPC Craig Ranch, Jason Day ended a five-year winless streak. J-Day is in the field again, as are Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, and Will Zalatoris.
We have our usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums for your perusal. As always, we’ll continue to add links to additional albums as they make their way to us from the Lone Star State.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Pierceson Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kris Kim – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- David Nyfjall – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Jarred Jetter – North Texas PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Richy Werenski – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Wesley Bryan – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Parker Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Peter Kuest – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Blaine Hale, Jr. – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kelly Kraft – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Rico Hoey – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Pullout Albums
- Adam Scott’s 2 new custom L.A.B. Golf putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Scotty Cameron putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Ben Griffin playing Maxfli golf ball
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Pa
Sep 8, 2018 at 9:07 am
Kevin Na and Tommy Fleetwood shot 62 on Friday.
No full page review like this for each of them? Why not?
Liberty Apples
Sep 7, 2018 at 1:17 pm
What? No headline? Round 2: T11.
MS
Sep 7, 2018 at 9:36 am
I love the format of this article. Reviewing over the highlights of the round leader. However, I wish it was done for other round leaders and not just for Tiger. Maybe you should consider publishing a round highlight article like this for each daily round leader for every (or most) tournaments, whether it’s Tiger or Joe Schmo.
Jon
Sep 6, 2018 at 11:25 pm
So what… then Mcllroy goes and shoots a 62 but if he didn’t run into problems on 7 and 8 he would have shot the coveted 59.
bjb
Sep 7, 2018 at 3:37 am
if your aunt had balls, you’d have another uncle
HH
Sep 7, 2018 at 8:20 am
Heshe does! Shower your love on himher
Shifty
Sep 7, 2018 at 3:49 am
The telecast I was watching seemed to almost refuse showing McIlroy’s round.
Liberty Apples
Sep 6, 2018 at 10:34 pm
A professional golfer shoots a very, very good round. 62. 8 under. Nice work. Has something like this ever happened before?
Scotty Cameron
Sep 6, 2018 at 7:03 pm
Circle T Newport 2 putters everywhere have just exponentially increased in value.
Johnny Penso
Sep 6, 2018 at 8:50 pm
Until he shoots 74 tomorrow and then finishes the tournament tied for 22nd.
Don S
Sep 6, 2018 at 10:59 pm
Don’t be a hater Johnny……enjoy the golf….
Johnny Penso
Sep 6, 2018 at 11:47 pm
Not hate. Call it enlightened self interest. If Tiger shoots 74 he’ll get far less tv coverage which is in my best interest. I don’t want to turn on Sunday afternoon and see Tiger warming up, a Tiger montage, interviews with his Caddy, a historical retrospective, 10,000 commecials…and that’s before he even tees off. I’d rather see a golf tournament than the Tiger show.
Shifty
Sep 7, 2018 at 3:51 am
This so much
Lionfans
Sep 7, 2018 at 6:01 am
Go watch LPGA
Darryl Souness
Sep 7, 2018 at 7:38 am
Are you kidding, the media will dine out on yesterdays round for weeks, we’ll still be seeing footage of the eagle at 15 during the Sunday coverage at the Ryder Cup. The Tiger adulation in the commentary box was so bad last night, I switched over to watch Sundays F1 race.
~j~
Sep 7, 2018 at 9:58 am
Good, stick with the F1 racing and LPGA tournaments then. Always SOOOO much excitement there. :-\ Get over it or find other things to watch, Tiger coverage will continue just fine without you.