SAN DIEGO -- For all the discussion about Tiger Woods' resurgence in the last year, he began his opening round in 2019 on Thursday having played very little competitive golf over the past four months since winning his 80th PGA Tour title at the Tour Championship.
So "getting into the flow of the round quickly" was an issue that Woods predicted would be key to his first round at the Farmers Insurance Open.
On a picture-perfect day beside the Pacific Ocean that produced an abundance of low scores, Woods had his moments but also his struggles, shooting a 2-under-par 70 on Torrey Pines' South course to finish eight strokes back of leader Jon Rahm, who shot 62 on the North course.