Tiger Woods, playing competitive golf on Monday, shot a 5-over 77 in the star-studded JP McManus Pro-Am at Adare Manor in Limerick, Ireland.
Woods is ranked 43rd out of 50 players. Xander Schauffele is in first place after the opening, boogie-free 64, after beating the Travelers a week ago.
The game ends on Tuesday.
For Woods, the event coincides with next week’s Open Championships in the famous St. Andrews in Scotland. Woods has not played since retiring after the third round of the PGA Championship, where he struggled in freezing temperatures while shooting 79, then dropped out a few hours later. This was his second tour event since being seriously injured in a car accident in February 2021; Woods also competed in the Masters and finished 47th. He decided to skip the US Open last month, as he needed more time to recover and strengthen his body.
On Monday, Woods was in the 5th over with a double bogey in par-4 seconds. He went birdie-boogie-eagle-boogie to start on his way to 77. par-5 On the 12th day the eagle landed on the chip-in in front of the green.
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Woods has played eight competitive rounds this year (although Monday was unofficial). In four of them he has hit 77 or more shots and has a total of 30 overs.
Ricky Fowler is sitting second behind 67. Brooks Kopka (69th, 4th), Dustin Johnson (70th, T-8th), Colin Morikawa and Rory McIlroy (71st, T-12th), Bryson DeChambeu (72nd). , T20) and Scotty Schaeffler (75, T-37). DeChambeau’s round included a four-bogey 9 on par-5 seventh, although he was bottom 6 in his last eight holes to save 72.
Leona Maguire, an LPGA Tour member in Ireland and the only woman in the region, was also on par.