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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
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Sam Farmer

Tiger Woods trying to stay optimistic after crushing first round at British Open

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tiger Woods loves the Old Course.

It doesn't always love him back.

Thursday was one of those difficult days — far more tumultuous than the mild weather — as Woods caught a bad break right away then struggled to find his touch on the surprisingly sluggish greens, shooting a six-over-par 78 that puts him in peril of missing the cut at the British Open.

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