Sebastian Cappelen (South Course) played the South Course at Torrey Pines Golf Club away from the masses following the likes of Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy to good effect.
The Dane and Keegan Bradley (North Course) shot 66s to share the opening-round lead at the Farmers Insurance Open.
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Woods had his lowest opening round of the year since 2011 but it wasn’t enough to be among the leaders.
Coming off his record-tying 82nd victory in his last PGA TOUR start three months ago in Japan, he handled the par 5s on the easier North Course at Torrey Pines and limited mistakes for a 3-under 69.
Rory McIlroy, who played in the group in front of Woods, was among those at 67. Jon Rahm, playing alongside Woods, was in the large group at 68.
‘It was nice to kind of keep the round going a little bit,’Woods said. ‘Overall, pleased to shoot something in the 60s today.’
Woods has won this event seven times, not including his 2008 US Open title or the Junior World when he was a teenager. At stake this week is a chance to set the PGA TOUR career victories record with No 83 on the first course where his father took him to watch a PGA TOUR event.
