Vijay Singh put himself into contention for a first victory of 2001 by claiming a share of the lead on day one of the Buick Challenge in Georgia.

Woods finally birdied at the 412-yard 12th to improve to three over par, but Faldo followed his six at the ninth with another at the 374-yard 10th.

Full tee-off times in the first two rounds of the Masters tournament at Augusta National, Georgia, on Thursday and Friday (US unless stated, all times BST, (x) denotes amateurs):