{"id":9684,"date":"2012-04-06T03:51:42","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T01:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/golf-woods-one-under-after-scrambling-masters-start\/"},"modified":"2012-04-06T03:51:42","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T01:51:42","slug":"golf-woods-one-under-after-scrambling-masters-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golf-woods-one-under-after-scrambling-masters-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-Woods one under after scrambling Masters start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Mark Lamport-Stokes<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 5<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Tiger Woods made a<br \/>\nscrambling start to the 76th Masters on Thursday with an<br \/>\nunlikely par at the opening hole after hooking his drive well<br \/>\nleft into pine trees followed by a birdie at the third.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With his ball ending up on pine straw, the former world<br \/>\nnumber one and tournament favourite punched out a low second<br \/>\nshot to 10 yards short of the green, chipped up to 10 feet then<br \/>\ncurled the putt into the left edge of the cup.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Woods&#8217; errant tee shot at the first had left the packed<br \/>\ngallery groaning in stunned amazement but his par save sparked<br \/>\nloud cheers from the fans crammed around the green.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bidding for a fifth green jacket at Augusta National, Woods<br \/>\nthen birdied the par-four third to trail early leader Henrik<br \/>\nStenson of Swede by two shots.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Stenson eagled the par-five second and then birdied the<br \/>\npar-four fifth to get to three under in the season&#8217;s opening<br \/>\nmajor.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s 2010 PGA Championship winner Martin Kaymer was a<br \/>\nfurther stroke back after covering the front nine in two-under<br \/>\n34.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Triple major winner Padraig Harrington of Ireland and 2009<br \/>\nBritish Open champion Stewart Cink were among a large group<br \/>\nknotted at one under.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Birdies and eagles were plentiful for the early starters on<br \/>\na sun-splashed morning at Augusta National where the severely<br \/>\ncontoured layout had been softened by heavy rain on the eve of<br \/>\nthe tournament.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mark Lamport-Stokes AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 5 (Reuters) &#8211; Tiger Woods made a scrambling start to the 76th Masters on Thursday with an unlikely par at the opening hole after hooking his drive well left into pine trees followed by a birdie at the third. 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