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Tiger Wood hits a shot in the 8th hole during the first round of the American Express World Golf Championships at Harding Park in San Francisco. Thursday, Woods played at Harding Park when he was in junior high school, before it was revamped.
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Greats swing on new course
BY DOUG FERGUESON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Coming off his first victory in 19 months, Colin Montgomerie appears hungry for more.
Montgomerie showed no effects from an emotional victory four days ago in Scotland, matching his career-low score in the United States with a 6-under 64 that gave him a three-shot lead Thursday in the American Express Championship.
Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh and nine others were at 67 on a spectacular day at Harding Park, the municipal course along Lake Merced that got a $16 million makeover and held its own
against the world's best players. It was right up Montgomerie's alley.
"If I can hit fairways, I can hit greens," he said. "And then I can score."
He looked like the Monty of old with tee shots that split the tree-lined fairways, making the game look simple. The 42-year-old Scot ran off three straight birdies to close out the back nine, then added his lone birdie on the front with a wedge into 18 inches. What mattered more to him was no bogeys on his card.
Woods, who played Harding Park in junior high school when it was covered with weeds, stayed close until he stopped
giving himself good chances, dropping a shot on the par-3 eighth and having to scramble for par at the end.
"If I shot something between 2- and 4-under par, I thought it would be pretty good," Woods said. "They've done a wonderful job tucking the pins. The greens are firm, so you've got to be careful."
It was the first test at Harding Park, which had not hosted golf's best players since the late 1960s. The course is considered relatively short at 7,086 yards, although the firm greens with subtle contours kept anyone from going outrageously low.
"A muni just means it's owned by the city." Pihl Mickelson said after stumbling to a 71. "It doesn't mean it's an easy or hard course."
It was plenty easy for Montgomerie.
He missed only two greens, and saved par both times with 10-foot putts that kept his momentum going — not only in the opening round, but in a summer that has turned his fortunes around more than he could have imagined.
Montgomerie fell as low as No. 83 in the world ranking and failed to qualify for The Players Championship and the Masters in the spring. But as he coped with a controversy over an apparent rules breach in March at the Indonesian Open, he finds himself headed toward the top.
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