Goosen, Ishikawa on top
Tiger Woods took a conservative 3-wood off the first hole at the Quicken Loans National when many players were hitting driver. No matter — he still pull-hooked it into the gallery, hit his second shot into a greenside bunker and lipped out a 5footer for par before slamming his putter against his bag.
On the third hole, he missed the green well left and had to get up-and-down for bogey. A three-putt on No. 4 left him 3 over.
It was his final bogey of the day.
Woods got a fortunate deflection off a marshal left of the green on the par-5 fifth. He apologized, handed out an autographed glove and made his first birdie. Then he ran off five birdies in six holes around the turn for a 3-under 68. That left him five shots behind leaders Retief Goosen and Ryo Ishikawa at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va.
Woods said it was the first time since the Masters in April that he’s turned a bad round into a good one. Players were allowed to lift, clean and place.
Other tournaments
Madeira Islands Open: Spain’s Antonio Hortal shot a 9-under 63 to take a oneshot lead after the first round in Santo da Serra. Countryman Nacho Elvira opened with a 64, and New Zealand’s Ryan Fox and France’s Sebastian Gros shot 65. The tournament was postponed in March after a round because of rain and high wind.
European Tour Lawrie Match Play: Former British Open champ Paul Lawrie of Scotland beat France’s Romain Wattel, 5 and 4, to advance to the second round of the event in which he is the host in Aberdeen, Scotland. John Daly dropped out with a 2-up loss to Spain’s Jorge Campillo. American Peter Uihlein beat England’s Oliver Wilson, 2 up.