Tiger a first-time loser

TIGER WOODS lost a golf ball yesterday for the first time in a competitive tournament – but didn’t lose his nerve.

Most golfers who had sliced their first tee shot into the sort of terrain which could have hidden a herd of wildebeest en route to an opening seven would have emerged with confidence shattered.

The world No 1, however, went on to record a round of 73. Not great, but respectable enough to leave him handily placed in the 132nd Open championship at Royal St George's.