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Woods begins quest for historic fifth Bay Hill Invitational title
Orlando, Mar 19: Tiger Woods opens campaign to be five-time repeat winner of Bay Hill Invitational.
Orlando, Mar 19: Tiger Woods opens campaign to be five-time repeat winner of Bay Hill Invitational.
Tiger Woods began the drive to win his fifth straight Bay Hill Invitational by shooting a five-under-par 67 on Thursday (March 18) to stand a stroke off the lead after the first round.
Woods bogeyed the 17th hole to fall out of a share of the lead and into a tie for fourth at five-under-par 67. He was joined there by Zach Johnson, Jerry Kelly and Stuart Appleby. Australians Aaron Baddeley and Adam Scott shot four-under-par 68s and were joined in a tie for eighth by Fiji's Vijay Singh along with Americans Brad Faxon, Brian Gay, Scott Verplank, John Daly and Todd Fischer. Playing in his 26th Bay Hill Invitational, host Arnold Palmer shot a 16-over-par 88.
- Leading first round scores from the Bay Hill Invitational at the par-72 Bay Hill Club and Lodge on Thursday (U.S. unless stated): 66 Darren Clarke (Britain), Chad Campbell, Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 67 Zach Johnson, Tiger Woods, Stuart Appleby (Australia), Jerry Kelly 68 Aaron Baddeley (Australia), Brad Faxon, Vijay Singh (Fiji), Adam Scott (Australia), Brian Gay, Todd Fischer, Scott Verplank, John Daly 69 Mark O'Meara, Ben Curtis, Kenny Perry, Rod Pampling (Australia), Mathias Gronberg (Sweden), Scott McCarron, Davis Love III, Hunter Mahan
Other international scores 70 Peter Lonard (Australia), Nick Faldo (Britain), Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) 71 Retief Goosen (South Africa), Niclas Fasth (Sweden), Justin Rose (Britain), Carl Pettersson (Sweden), Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 72 Alex Cejka (Germany), Arjun Atwal (India), Nick Flanagan (Australia), Stephen Ames (Trinidad), Bernhard Langer (Germany), Stephen Leaney (Australia), Mark Hensby (Australia) 73 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain), Ernie Els (South Africa), Lee Westwood (Britain), Hidemichi Tanaka (Japan), Sergio Garcia (Spain), Trevor Immelman (South Africa), Phillip Price (Britain) 74 Per-Ulrick Johansson (Sweden), Geoff Ogilvy (Australia), Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 75 Robert Allenby (Australia), K.J. Choi (South Korea) 76 Craig Parry (Australia), Ian Poulter (Britain) 77 Paul Casey (Britain), Craig Perks (New Zealand)
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Tiger Woods began the drive to win his fifth straight Bay Hill Invitational by shooting a five-under-par 67 on Thursday (March 18) to stand a stroke off the lead after the first round.
Woods bogeyed the 17th hole to fall out of a share of the lead and into a tie for fourth at five-under-par 67. He was joined there by Zach Johnson, Jerry Kelly and Stuart Appleby. Australians Aaron Baddeley and Adam Scott shot four-under-par 68s and were joined in a tie for eighth by Fiji's Vijay Singh along with Americans Brad Faxon, Brian Gay, Scott Verplank, John Daly and Todd Fischer. Playing in his 26th Bay Hill Invitational, host Arnold Palmer shot a 16-over-par 88.
- Leading first round scores from the Bay Hill Invitational at the par-72 Bay Hill Club and Lodge on Thursday (U.S. unless stated): 66 Darren Clarke (Britain), Chad Campbell, Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 67 Zach Johnson, Tiger Woods, Stuart Appleby (Australia), Jerry Kelly 68 Aaron Baddeley (Australia), Brad Faxon, Vijay Singh (Fiji), Adam Scott (Australia), Brian Gay, Todd Fischer, Scott Verplank, John Daly 69 Mark O'Meara, Ben Curtis, Kenny Perry, Rod Pampling (Australia), Mathias Gronberg (Sweden), Scott McCarron, Davis Love III, Hunter Mahan
Other international scores 70 Peter Lonard (Australia), Nick Faldo (Britain), Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) 71 Retief Goosen (South Africa), Niclas Fasth (Sweden), Justin Rose (Britain), Carl Pettersson (Sweden), Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 72 Alex Cejka (Germany), Arjun Atwal (India), Nick Flanagan (Australia), Stephen Ames (Trinidad), Bernhard Langer (Germany), Stephen Leaney (Australia), Mark Hensby (Australia) 73 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain), Ernie Els (South Africa), Lee Westwood (Britain), Hidemichi Tanaka (Japan), Sergio Garcia (Spain), Trevor Immelman (South Africa), Phillip Price (Britain) 74 Per-Ulrick Johansson (Sweden), Geoff Ogilvy (Australia), Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 75 Robert Allenby (Australia), K.J. Choi (South Korea) 76 Craig Parry (Australia), Ian Poulter (Britain) 77 Paul Casey (Britain), Craig Perks (New Zealand)
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