The 150th Open Championship was the tournament Tiger Woods had been looking forward to. He took nearly two months of rest to prepare to play on his favorite golf course in the world. However, he couldn’t do well as expected in round 1 as he finished with a T146 position in the 156 player-field! 

“In a round, sometimes it just goes that way,” Woods explained whether luck means anything in playing golf in the press meet after round 1. “It just goes one way, and it never seems to come back.” 

Notably, the 15-time major winner had a rough start in round 1 at St. Andrews on Thursday. Although he entered the tournament with a positive mentality, his first tee shot landed in a divot. And the rest of the day didn’t get better as he finished with a score of 6-over 78. 

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Tiger Woods blames his putting for the terrible outcome from round 1

According to the 2-time champion at St. Andrews, he “compounded problems” with his ball speed on the greens. “I hit the ball in the correct spots a couple of times, leave myself some good lag putts, the correct angles,” Woods explained in the press meet.  “And I messed those up.” 

Woods struggled to make a calculated putt from the beginning of round one. After missing a couple of chances on the green, the golfer managed to make two bogies and a double bogey just from the first five holes at the Old Course, St. Andrews.

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Notably, he made a total of five bogies and two double bogies to finish his round at the 150th Open Championship. “When I had opportunities to make a few putts, I missed them,” he said about his putting at the home of golf. He added, “as I said, I compounded with some bad lag putts. And just never got anything going.” 

The leaders after round 1 of the 2022 Open Championship

The 150th Open Championship began on July 14, Thursday, at the home of golf. The course forced many to play slowly, with groups taking more than 6 hours to finish the first round. 

Although the golfers found difficulties on Day 1, many could turn it into good outcomes. The 25-year-old American golfer Cameron Young leads the field with 8-under par. Players like former tournament champion Rory McIlroy, Masters champion Scottie Scheffler, and the LIV Golf rebel Lee Westwood made it to the top 10 after round 1. 

Who are you rooting for to win the 150th Open title this week? 

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