Tiger Woods gets history bid off to a flyer in star-studded field

Rory McIlroy talks to Tiger Woods of the United States on the tenth green during the first round of The Memorial Tournament on July 16, 2020 at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. Picture: Andy Lyons/Getty Images

Tiger Woods’ quest for PGA Tour history got off to an ideal start at the Memorial Tournament last night before Muirfield Village began to bite back on day one in Dublin, Ohio.

On a day that should have seen golf’s greatest exponents playing their opening rounds of The Open Championship at Royal St George’s, the world’s best instead teed off in the rescheduled Memorial, the tournament hosted by Jack Nicklaus and boasting the strongest field ever assembled in a regular PGA Tour event.