Tiger Woods Opens Northern Trust 2018 at Even Par After Inconsistent Thursday

Tiger Woods battled through an up-and-down opening round at the Northern Trust on Thursday to shoot an even-par 71.

Woods was unable to find his groove at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey, resulting in a round that yielded two birdies and two bogeys.

When he entered the clubhouse, Tiger was tied for 39th place and trailed co-leaders Kevin Tway, Jamie Lovemark, Paul Casey and Jhonattan Vegas by five strokes.

A unique shotgun start resulted in Woods beginning his round on the ninth hole.

After parring No. 9, he scrambled effectively to par the 10th as well after hitting his tee shot into the rough:

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