Tiger Woods shoots two-under 69 in first aggressive match since Open Championship in July; 47-year-old birdies final three holes at Genesis Invitational and is 5 pictures behind leaders after day one – watch spherical two reside on Sky Sports activities Golf from 2.30pm on Friday

​​​​​Tiger Woods birdied his final three holes as he carded a two-under 69 at The Genesis Invitational in his first aggressive motion since July

​​​​​Tiger Woods birdied his final three holes as he carded a two-under 69 at The Genesis Invitational in his return to aggressive motion after seven months out.

Woods, 47, is taking part in in an expert match for the primary time since final July’s Open Championship at St Andrews.

The 15-time main champion, who additionally birdied his first and eighth holes, is tied for twenty seventh in California, 5 pictures off the lead held collectively by fellow Individuals Max Homa and Kevin Mitchell.

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Watch Woods’ first gap on the Genesis Invitational as he recorded a birdie 4

Woods’ taking part in companion Rory McIlroy is in a share of seventh after taking pictures a four-under 67 with the third member of that taking part in group, Justin Thomas, tied for 14th on three-under.

Woods, who blended 5 birdies with three bogeys, stated afterwards: “I used to be capable of battle again and get it going. It was a pleasant end.”

Victory for McIlroy at Riviera would see him exchange Scottie Scheffler as world No 1 however outright third place can be sufficient for McIlroy except Scheffler finishes within the prime 25 or world No 3 Jon Rahm wins the match or comes outright second.

Watch spherical two of the Genesis Invitational reside on Sky Sports activities Golf from 2.30pm on Friday.

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