CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Tiger Woods’ first round since the Masters left him perplexed and questioning his putting.
Woods shot an opening-round even par 71 at the Wells Fargo Championship, leaving him six shots behind leader John Peterson, but in decent position with 54 holes left to play.
Well, that is if the 42-year-old can figure out the speed of the greens at the Quail Hollow Club.
“They are on the slower side. They feel springy and they feel fast especially as I am walking on them, but they are not putting that way,” Woods said with a smile as he shook his head in confusion. “What I was feeling and what I was sensing just didn’t match up.”
It showed all day in his inconsistent play on the greens.
On a day when fans joked that Woods and playing partner Patrick Reed were “twinning” — they wore similar pink shirts and carded the same score — his round easily could have been three to four strokes better had he holed a few makeable putts.