461-yard, par-4 18th.
Scoring average: 4.04
Rank: 13th
Key fact: Miguel Angel Jimenez sank a 66-foot birdie putt to take a one-stroke lead over Tom Watson, Ben Curtis and Kenichi Kuboya.
Tiger tales
For a course that was easy as it can be, Tiger Woods sure made it hard on himself.
Woods produced a pedestrian round Thursday in surprisingly calm conditions at Turnberry, making only three birdies and far more mistakes. He wound up with a 1-over 71, the first time since 2003 that he failed to break par in the opening round of the British Open.
“Realistically, I probably should have shot about 1- or 2-under-par today,” Woods said. “But I made a few mistakes.”
The seven-shot deficit is the largest Woods has ever faced in the first round of the British Open.
“The misses I had were the same shots I was hitting on the range,” he said. “So I need to go work on that and get it squared away.”
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Walking tall
Miguel Angel Jimenez.
Birdied the final two holes, including a 66-foot putt on No. 18, on his way to a 6-under-par 64.
Mark Calcavecchia.
The 49-year-old went out in the first group of the day with his wife on the bag and shot 67.
John Daly.
Managed a 2-under 68, his best round since winning the Open at St. Andrews in 1995.
Downward spiral
Greg Norman.
Didn’t make a birdie until the 17th hole and shot a 7-over 77.
Anthony Kim.
Took a quintuple-bogey 9 on No. 2 on his way to a 3-over 73.
Todd Hamilton.
The 2004 British Open champion birdied the last two holes but still shot a 5-over 75.
