SAN DIEGO – New decade. New driver. But a largely familiar Tiger. The eight-time winner at Torrey Pines opened with a round of 3-under 69 Thursday on the North Course. I offer you assorted takeaways from Woods’ first round of the 2020s:
• Yes, Tiger has dominated this place – but not since his last win in 2013. Since then, the venue has largely passed him by. Coming into this week, he had broken 70 just once in his last 14 trips around Torrey, with his final-round 67 last year proving the lone exception. He hadn’t broken 70 on the North Course in his last four tries.