JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Tiger Woods chose two words to describe his emotions after shooting a 7-over-par 77 in the first round of the PGA Championship.
“Very angry,” were the words he said, and his eyes expressed that he meant it.
“There’s a lot of words I could use beyond that,” said Woods, who birdied three of his first five holes and led the tournament a few minutes after 10 a.m.
About three hours later, he signed for the 77 that has him tied with club pro Faber Jamerson and much closer to last place than first place.
“I got off to a great start today and I was having mechanical thoughts through those holes, and I figured I could let it go and play through instinct and feel. It screwed up my whole round,” said Woods, who took 12 weeks off to heal left leg injuries before returning last week to complete his first tournament since the Masters.