Woods starts strong but finishes with a limp and a lot of frustrations

Conservative game plan which drove him to glory in 2007 doesn't quite pay off 15 years later as course catches up with superstar, who shoots 74

Not feeling it: Tiger Woods watches his shot on the 15th hole during the first round of the PGA Championship golf tournament, Thursday, May 19, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. Pic: AP Photo/Eric Gay

Tiger Woods couldn’t build on a promising start and literally limped home to an opening 74 on Thursday at Southern Hills.

Woods was playing along in red figures from the opening hole before he double-crossed his approach on the 18th green. He slammed the club down in frustration and never seemed comfortable again after trudging up the steep hill on the closing hole then having to navigate the even steeper slope downhill off the first tee.