Quail Hollow Championship, Round 1

Quail Hollow Championship, Round 1

Inside the course: Quail Hollow Club

Inside the course: Quail Hollow Club

Still serving a six-month PGA Tour suspension, John Daly made his 2009 debut on the European Tour with a 70 in the first round of the Spanish Open to trail leader Soren Hansen by seven strokes. Hansen had nine birdies and an eagle at the PGA Golf de Catalunya course on Thursday to overcome an early double-bogey and lead Thomas Levet (64) by one.

Still serving a six-month PGA Tour suspension, John Daly made his 2009 debut on the European Tour with a 70 in the first round of the Spanish Open to trail leader Soren Hansen by seven strokes. Hansen had nine birdies and an eagle at the PGA Golf de Catalunya course on Thursday to overcome an early double-bogey and lead Thomas Levet (64) by one.

Tiger Woods shot a 30 on his back nine in the Quail Hollow Championship, taking advantage of a sharp short game on his way to a 7-under 65 and a three-shot lead among the early starters. Woods, who started his round on No. 10, didn’t catch the leaders until a simple up-and-down for birdie on the par-5 fifth hole of Thursday’s opening round.

Tiger Woods shot a 30 on his back nine in the Quail Hollow Championship, taking advantage of a sharp short game on his way to a 7-under 65 and a three-shot lead among the early starters. Woods, who started his round on No. 10, didn’t catch the leaders until a simple up-and-down for birdie on the par-5 fifth hole of Thursday’s opening round.

Tiger Woods
found his putting touch to surge into the clubhouse lead during
the opening round at the Quail Hollow Championship on Thursday.

Danish Ryder Cup player
Soren Hansen recovered from a double bogey at the first to break
the PGA Catalunya Stadium course record with a nine-under 63 on
Thursday.