'Never make sense': Tiger's 'extraordinary' return

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Tiger Woods has made an "extraordinary" instrumentality to the PGA Tour astatine the Genesis Invitational, his archetypal regular circuit lawsuit since October 2020.

Huge crowds person turned retired astatine Riviera Country Club successful California to spot Woods successful action, with the 47-year-old present playing a constricted docket pursuing a bid of backmost and limb injuries - the second a bequest of his 2021 car accident.

"Extraordinary scenes here, large crowds pursuing Tiger Woods," Nine's Jonathan Kearsley said connected Today.

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"What a commencement it was for him, sinking a birdie putt connected the opening hole."

Woods is paired with satellite No.2 Rory McIlroy and two-time PGA Championship victor Justin Thomas.

He rolled in a birdie putt of conscionable nether 4 feet astatine the par-five first, but gave that changeable backmost astatine the par-three fourth, wherever helium failed to get up-and-down aft missing the greenish with his tee shot.

American Max Homa holds the clubhouse pb astatine 7 nether par, 1 wide of erstwhile satellite No.1 Jon Rahm.

Despite his constricted preparation, Woods says he's drawn inspiration from the record-breaking achievements of LeBron James, who has acceptable a caller NBA points-scoring mark.

Woods, who remains level with Sam Snead connected 82 PGA Tour wins, says helium remains optimistic of a record-breaking 83rd victory.

"If I'm playing successful the event, I'm going to effort and bushed you," helium said.

"What helium [James] accomplished is perfectly unthinkable – conscionable the durability, the consistency and the longevity.

"I grew up watching Kareem present … that grounds we ne'er thought it would beryllium surpassed. What LeBron is doing – but besides the magnitude of minutes he's playing – nary one's ever done that astatine that age, to beryllium capable to play each 5 positions, that's ne'er been done earlier astatine this level for this long.

"As acold arsenic our equivalent to that, I don't know, possibly you look astatine possibly maine and Sam [Snead] astatine 82? It takes a vocation to get to those numbers. That's however I deliberation astir apt champion however you look astatine it."

Since his mishap Woods has been restricted to playing the majors only, astir precocious missing the chopped astatine the Open Championship successful St Andrews successful 2022.

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