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Tiger Woods shoots 1-over 73 in first Masters round in three years

Tiger Woods finished his opening round at the Masters with a 1-over-par 73 on Thursday at Augusta National.

Woods says he ``definitely didn't score as well as I played,'' noting that he has to be better on the par-5s.

Woods has feasted on Augusta National's longest holes over the years, but pared each of them in his return to golf's first major.

``That was the difference in the round,'' he said.

The 42-year-old Woods has been away from golf for much of the last few years because of his four back surgeries.