It says so much about the ever-growing fascination with Bryson DeChambeau and his outrageous transformation that despite Tiger Woods shooting under par in his first competitive round in five months the most incredulous talk after the first day of the Memorial focused on one drive by the younger American. But then, it is not every day that the PGA Tour charts a 423-yard which the golfer later claims he did not catch properly. “Yeah I hit it a little high on the clubface,” DeChambeau said, about the tee-shot on the 473-yard first (his 10th) that found the centre of the fairway and left him 45 yards to the pin. Woods, himself, would no doubt roll his eye at that, having played a practice round with his Ryder Cup teammate on Wednesday and so witnessing at first hand the big-hitting rebirth of the 26-year-old they now call “DeRambo”. As it was, Woods outscored him by two shots with a one-under 71 that was highly commendable considering his inaction since before the lockdown. In tough conditions, Woods birdied the first - of course, he did - and then looked comfortable for the rest of the round. If his putter had obliged, the 44-year-old would have signed for a couple of shots fewer, but his tee-to-green form on the whole was impressive. He birdied the 18th as well, with a lovely approach to 12 feet. Woods is five off the lead set by Tony Finau, with Ryan Palmer on five-under, but having basically given the rest of the circuit a five-week headstart as he waited to make his own personal restart he could not be too disappointed.
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