Atlanta, Ga. 8/14/2009 2:13:22 AM
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PGA Championship at Hazeltine Leaderboard: Tiger Woods Plays Bogey-Free Opening Round to Shoot 5-Under and Hold Lead

Tiger Woods was nearly perfect at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota on Thursday as the world’s No. 1 golfer looked determined to capture his first major of the year, playing bogey-free and firing a 5-under 67 to lead after one round at the PGA Championship.

 

Woods had several chances to actually lower that 67 but missed puts that could have cut at least three strokes off his total. While he may have missed a few opportunities Woods has some nice personal history to back his quest for a major as this was just the third time in his career he played a bogey-free round at a major, the other two resulted in wins at the 200 U.S. Open and the 2000 British Open.

 

Woods has some familiar company atop the leaderboard as Padraig Harrington rebounded from a bogey on the first hole to shoot a 4-under 68 on the day and heads into Day 2 in second. Woods and Harrington are coming off a great showdown at the Bridgestone Invitational before the Irishman’s disastrous experience on number 16 cost him the victory.

 

2009 PGA Championship at Hazeltine Leaderboard

 

POS

NAME

SCORE

THRU

TODAY

1

1

Tiger Woods

-5

F

-5

67

2

Padraig Harrington

-4

F

-4

68

T3

Robert Allenby

-3

F

-3

69

T3

Hunter Mahan

-3

F

-3

69

T3

Mathew Goggin

-3

F

-3

69

T3

Alvaro Quiros

-3

F

-3

69

T7

Paul Goydos

-2

F

-2

70

T7

Thongchai Jaidee

-2

F

-2

70

T7

Graeme McDowell

-2

F

-2

70

T7

Lee Westwood

-2

F

-2

70

T7

Michael Bradley

-2

15

-2

-

T12

Hiroyuki Fujita

-1

F

-1

71

T12

Rory McIlroy

-1

F

-1

71

T12

Nathan Green

-1

F

-1

71

T12

Bo Van Pelt

-1

F

-1

71

T12

Sergio Garcia

-1

F

-1

71

T12

Rich Beem

-1

F

-1

71

T12

Woody Austin

-1

5

-1

-

T12

Vijay Singh

-1

2

-1

-

T12

Lucas Glover

-1

1

-1

-

T12

Marc Turnesa

-1

1

-1

-

T22

D.J. Trahan

E

F

E

72

T22

Charlie Wi

E

F

E

72

T22

Keith Dicciani

E

F

E

72

T22

Carl Pettersson

E

F

E

72

T22

Scott Hebert

E

F

E

72

T22

Dustin Johnson

E

F

E

72

T22

Tom Lehman

E

F

E

72

T22

Mike Miles

E

17

E

-

T22

Soren Hansen

E

16

E

-

T22

Michael Sim

E

15

E

-

T22

Anders Hansen

E

15

E

-

T22

John Rollins

E

5

E

-

T22

Gonzalo Fernandez

E

4

E

-

T22

Darren Clarke

E

4

E

-

T22

Anthony Kim

E

4

E

-

T22

Miguel Jimenez

E

3

E

-

T22

Colin Montgomerie

E

2

E

-

T22

Andres Romero

E

3

E

-

T22

Kevin Sutherland

E

3

E

-

T22

John Senden

E

2

E

-

T22

Steve Elkington

E

2

E

-

T22

Kevin Na

E

2

E

-

T22

Ryan Palmer

E

2

E

-

T22

Ian Poulter

E

1

E

-

T22

Soren Kjeldsen

E

1

E

-

T22

Brendan Jones

E

1

E

-

T22

Ernie Els

E

1

E

-

T22

Steve Marino

E

1

E

-

T22

Steve Stricker

E

1

E

-

T22

Angel Cabrera

E

1

E

-

T22

Stephen Ames

E

1

E

-

T22

David Toms

E

1

E

-

T22

Phil Mickelson

E

1

E

-

 

 

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