Tiger Woods in Masters Hunt After Opening 71

Tiger Woods in Masters Hunt After Opening 71
Tiger Woods plays his shot on the first hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., on April 7, 2022. Andrew Redington/Getty Images
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AUGUSTA, Ga.—Back playing the Masters after a career-threatening car crash, Tiger Woods said he thought he could win a sixth Green Jacket and on Thursday made a few more believers after carding a solid opening 71.

In his first competitive round of golf in 508 days, Woods mixed three birdies with two bogeys at Augusta National to sit in a tie for 10th four back of South Korea’s Im Sung-jae, who is alone atop the leaderboard after posting a five-under 67 highlighted by an eagle at the par five 13th.