Woods arrives at Portrush for practice round with Reed

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland – Tiger Woods hopped straight off the plane to get his first-ever look at Royal Portrush, as The Open returns to the Irish coast for the first time in 68 years.

Woods has not played competitively since the U.S. Open, and he has spent much of his time since Pebble Beach vacationing with his family in Thailand. But now it’s back to work, as he looks to add a second major title this year and to lift the claret jug for the first time since 2006.

Woods boarded a seven-and-a-half-hour flight from Florida on Saturday night, landing in Northern Ireland on Sunday morning. He was on the first tee less than two hours later, playing a full 18-hole practice round alongside…