POTOMAC, Md. -- Tiger Woods had a new putter in his bag, the first time he has used something other than his trusted Scotty Cameron in nearly three years. But that did not solve his problems during the first round of the Quicken Loans National on Thursday.
Woods gave himself several chances later in the round, but he might have scored just as well using a sledgehammer, given the few legitimate opportunities he gave himself early at TPC Potomac followed by some poor efforts on the greens later.
A double-bogey on the par-6 sixth hole after a poor drive was difficult to overcome without the ability to make birdies on the par-70 course, where he was playing for the first time this week.