Tiger Woods made his return to the British Open for the first time since 2015 and shot an even-par 71 on his opening round on Thursday at Carnoustie Golf Links in Angus, Scotland.
The American made a promising start, thrilling the crowd for much of his round as he moved to two-under.
However, errors crept into his game on the back nine. Three bogeys proved costly as he dropped back and ended the day five shots behind the early leader, Kevin Kisner.
Nick Pietruszkiewicz at ESPN offered his view of the American's effort:
Nick PietruszkiewiczYou can look at Tiger Woods' even-par 71 one of two ways -- he missed chances and could have easily shot 4 under or he survived down the stretch when his swing got a little loose.