US Open: Steady starts for Woods and Harrington

Woods’ bid for what looked the impossible began with a 361-yard drive as a wind picked up.

It did not stay on the fairway, however, and although he was left with only a 93-yard pitch he could not keep it on the green, but chipped to a foot to save par.

Ireland’s Padraig Harrington was his partner and he too got up and down to remain four over.

US Open Leaderboard

5 under - Retief Goosen (Rsa) (after 54 holes)

Stewart Cink (54)

4 under - Sergio Garcia (Spa) (54)

Rocco Mediate (54)

Mark Brooks (54)

3 under - Phil Mickelson (54)

Level - Paul Azinger (54)

David Duval (54)

1 over - Mike Weir (Can) (54)

Jim Furyk (54)

2 over - Michael Allen (54)

Duffy Waldorf (54)

Chris DiMarco (54)

Kirk Triplett (54)

Davis Love (54)

3 over - Corey Pavin (54)

Tom Lehman (54)

Bob May (54)

Briny Baird (54)

Angel Cabrera (Arg) (54)

Matt Gogel (54)

JL Lewis (54)

Others:

4 over - Padraig Harrington (Irl) (55)

Tiger Woods (55)

5 over - Thomas Bjorn (Den) (55)

6 over - Bernhard Langer (Ger) (57)

7 over - Gabriel Hjertstedt (Swe) (58)

8 over - Darren Clarke (NI) (58)

Jesper Parnevik (Swe) (72)

11 over - Mathias Gronberg (Swe) (64)

12 over - Colin Montgomerie (Gbr) (69)

14 over - Gary Orr (Gbr) (71)

15 over - Nick Faldo (Gbr) (71)