Woods well back at U.S. Open after opening 73

[ASFN Admin]

Tiger Woods hit his opening drive to the center of the first fairway, spun a short iron to 18 feet and just missed his birdie putt, tapping in for an easy par. The rest of his day was an up-and-down scramble punctuated by an ugly double bogey. Unable to take advantage of a relatively tame Winged Foot, Woods had a string of three straight mid-round birdies but dumped a pitch shot on No. 18 to conclude a 3-over 73 Thursday in the opening round of the U.S. Open.

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