LOS ANGELES — For a while, it looked like Tiger Woods’ round was going to get away from him on Thursday.
He had a noticeable limp early on and appeared uncomfortable walking the Riviera Country Club course in his first competitive round of golf in seven months. A stretch of bogeys early on his back nine had Woods appearing like he was on the verge of letting his round completely slip away.
Then, vintage Woods appeared just in time.
Woods made three straight birdies in his final three holes to close out his opening round at the Genesis Invitational with a 2-under 69.