Rickie Fowler hits from the 10th tee during the first round of the BMW Championship golf tournament at Aronimink Golf Club, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018 in Newtown Square, Pa. (Jose F. Moreno/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – With the scorching sun’s glare in his eyes, Tiger Woods couldn’t believe what he saw.
He finally missed a green on his 14th hole at Aronimink Golf Club.
“Is that long?” he said to his caddie. “I thought it was perfect.”
Everything must have felt that way to him Thursday in the BMW Championship, where Woods had his lowest score in an opening round in nearly 20 years and his best score on the PGA Tour since his most recent victory more than five years ago. With his only bogey on his penultimate hole, he used seven birdies and an eagle to put together an 8-under-par 62 – and all that got him was a share of the lead with Rory McIlroy.
“Just the way it goes,” Woods said with a smile, caring more about a complete round of golf and a strong performance with his old putter than whether he was leading after one round in the third tournament of the FedEx Cup playoffs.