Woods 5 back of Kuchar's lead after opening-round 69 at Riviera
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Tiger Woods couldn't maintain his hot start, but the man chasing his 83rd career win remains in the mix after firing an opening-round 69 on Thursday at the Genesis Invitational.
Tiger is currently T17, five strokes back of Matt Kuchar, who holds a three-shot advantage after he scorched Riviera with an impressive 64.
Woods eagled his first hole of the day and added two birdies on the front nine to post a 31 at the turn, but lost control off the tee on the back and posted a 2-over 38 to finish his day.
Here's a look at the top of the leaderboard after Day 1. The entire list of scores can be seen here.
| Place | Player | To Par | R1 Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Kuchar | -7 | 64 |
| T2 | Kyoung-Hoon Lee | -4 | 67 |
| T2 | Russell Henley | -4 | 67 |
| T2 | Wyndham Clark | -4 | 67 |
| T2 | Adam Schenk | -4 | 67 |
| T2 | Harold Varner III | -4 | 67 |
| T7 | Rafa Cabrera Bello | -3 | 68 |
| T7 | Carlos Ortiz | -3 | 68 |
| T7 | Rory McIlroy | -3 | 68 |
| T7 | Patrick Cantlay | -3 | 68 |
Woods will tee off at 10:16 a.m. ET on Friday alongside Justin Thomas and Steve Stricker.
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