Lemont, Illinios, July 04: Tiger Woods, who has won the tournament twice, had eight birdies and eagle to capture the opening round lead on Thursday (July 3). David Toms, winner of the FedEx St. Jude Classic last Sunday, shot a seven-under 65, two strokes behind Woods. Jerry Kelly was three strokes behind at 66 with Cliff Kresge, Jason Gore and Canada's MIke Weir together at 5 under par. The Western features one of the stongest fields of the year including U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk and Masters champion Weir along with V.J. Singh and Phil MIckelson.

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