Woods off to a slow start
Published:Monday | January 31, 2011 | 12:00 AM
SAN DIEGO (AP):
Tiger Woods began a new year with his worst season debut. Woods failed to birdie a par five for the second time this week and closed with a 3-over 75 yesterday in the Farmers Insurance Open, ending his five-tournament winning streak at Torrey Pines with a middle-of-the-pack finish.
"I have some work to do," Woods said. "There's no doubt about that."
The biggest surprise of his 74-75 on the South Course is that Woods had won seven times on this public course, including the 2008 US Open. He had never finished out of the top 10 in the PGA Tour event at Torrey Pines.
Woods was out of the top 40 when he completed his final round, with the leaders just making the turn. He had never finished out of the top 10 in stroke play to start a season and his worst result for a debut was two years ago in the Match Play Championship, where he lost in the second round and tied for 17th.
That was his first event after missing eight months following reconstructive knee surgery.