{"id":1241943,"date":"2023-02-17T02:57:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T02:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/tiger-woods-finishes-first-round-back-with-three-straight-birdies-in-california\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T18:57:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:57:00","slug":"genesis-invitational-2023-r1-tiger-woods-finishes-first-round-back-with-three-straight-birdies-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/genesis-invitational-2023-r1-tiger-woods-finishes-first-round-back-with-three-straight-birdies-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods finishes first round back with three straight birdies in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tiger Woods marked his return to competitive action with a closing trio of birdies as he carded 69 during the first round of the Genesis Invitational.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament host was five strokes back from co-leaders Max Homa, the 2021 champion,\u00a0 and Keith Mitchell at Riviera Country Club, after not having played an event without the use of a cart since last summer\u2019s Open Championship, when he missed the cut at St Andrews.<\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old\u2019s legs held up on a day where he mixed five birdies with three bogeys on a mild California afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><!-- EMBED START Twitter --><\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A frenzy of a finish.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinThomas34?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JustinThomas34<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McIlroyRory?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@McIlroyRory<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TigerWoods?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TigerWoods<\/a> ALL birdie the 18th hole in front of a massive gallery <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thegenesisinv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheGenesisInv<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aEE5YJYlk7\">pic.twitter.com\/aEE5YJYlk7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1626410771990159361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was able to fight back and get it going,\u201d Woods said after play<a href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/live-the-return-of-tiger-woods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a> \u201cIt was a nice finish<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfTodayUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans at Riviera got to see Woods play alongside close friends Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy, with the trio all birdying the 18th.<\/p>\n<div id=\"content_link_1241911\" class=\"ct-div-block content-link_wrap\"><a class=\"ct-link content-link_image-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/live-the-return-of-tiger-woods\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Tiger-Woods-Rory-McIlroy-Justin-Thomas-live-150x150.jpg\" class=\"content-link_image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Live updates from Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Tiger-Woods-Rory-McIlroy-Justin-Thomas-live-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Tiger-Woods-Rory-McIlroy-Justin-Thomas-live-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Tiger-Woods-Rory-McIlroy-Justin-Thomas-live-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"ct-div-block content-link_content\"><a class=\"ct-link\" href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/live-the-return-of-tiger-woods\/\"><h5 class=\"ct-headline content-link_title\"><strong>Related:<\/strong> LIVE \u2013 The return of Tiger Woods<\/h5><\/a><div class=\"ct-text-block content-link_text\">Today Tiger Woods makes his first PGA Tour appearance for 844 days. Editor Mark Flanagan brings you live updates from day 1 of the Genesis Invitational<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>McIlroy continued his mission to replace Scottie Scheffler at the head of the rankings.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old shot an opening four-under 67 to be three strokes back, while Scheffler could only manage 70.<\/p>\n<p>Victory for McIlroy would see him overhaul the American regardless of the latter\u2019s result, while outright third place would be good enough for the Northern Irishman unless Scheffler finishes in the top 25 or Jon Rahm wins or is outright second.<\/p>\n<p>Rahm was third with a 65, one stroke behind the co-leaders, heading into the second round.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Highlights | Round 1 | Genesis | 2023\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-3LILmps8Z8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tournament host was five strokes back from co-leaders Max Homa and Keith Mitchell at Riviera Country Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1241944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,29],"tags":[96,5516,88,2784,3538,89,9051,2634,90,91,244,92,95,94],"class_list":["post-1241943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pga","category-the_tours","tag-california","tag-genesis-invitational","tag-golf-news","tag-keith-mitchell","tag-max-homa","tag-news","tag-pa-news","tag-pacific-palisades","tag-reports","tag-results","tag-riviera-country-club","tag-scores","tag-tiger-woods","tag-tournament"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.3 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - 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