June 28, 2018

Andrew Landry and J. J. Spaun fired 7-under 63s to take the lead in the Quicken Loans National on Thursday.

Tiger Woods, who was playing with a new mallet-style putter, had five birdie chances from fewer than 10 feet and only made two of them, he had to content himself with an even-par 70 after a difficult time on the course.

"I didn't really have anything going through the middle part of the round," Woods said. "I hit some poor tee shots and didn't really give myself a chance. I have to do a better job of getting more chances."

It was Woods' first time playing this tournament since 2015, and his first time playing this course, but it is the last edition of the National and the field is one of the weakest on Tour with Rickie Fowler the only top-10 player in the world.

The course was the fourth-toughest on the PGA Tour last year behind three majors courses.

"I expect that if we don't get any rain the next few days, the course is going to firm up, greens get firm, get a little bit quicker, but it's not going to be like last year," said Billy after shooting a 64. "So you're going to have to go out with the mindset that it's a little bit different course, you can't be as conservative, you've got to still try and make birdies."