Woods struggles badly on return

Tiger Woods made a dismal start to his British Open bid as he carded two early double-bogeys on the way toa six-over-par 78 that left him 14 shots behind the leader on Thursday.

The American 15-times major champion, who has won the Open twice at St Andrews, looked out of sorts from the moment he found the water on the par-four first hole and started with a six on his card.

“It feels like I didn’t really hit it that bad. I did have bad speed on the greens, yes,” Woods told reporters. “But I ended up in bad spots. Or just had some weird things happen. And that’s just the way it goes.”

Woods, who returned to competitive golf in April at the Masters 14 months after suffering serious injuries in a car crash, missed last month’s U.S. Open to prepare for the British Open. – Reuters