Sport
Tiger Woods off to a solid start at Pebble Beach
Wi didn’t realize that.
He rolled in plenty of putts from the 20-foot range, and then hit an approach that covered the flag on the 13th hole, the last one that runs along the Pacific Coast and the rolling waves. That put him at 8 under with five holes to play, with 11 under needed for golf’s magic number.
“I was looking at the scorecard like, ‘What’s the par here?’ I did not know it was a par 70,” Wi said. “That 59 never crossed my mind. Not once.”
He was more than happy to settle for a 61, the tournament record at Monterey Peninsula (in its third year as part of the rotation).
“Any time you’re shooting 9 under, you’re making putts,” Wi said. “It was really nice to see the ball go in today.”
Woods now heads to Monterey Peninsula, a course he had never played until a practice round this week. Statistically, it was the easiest of the three courses in the opening round, though not by much. All three played about one shot below par.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
