1.   A similar fate befell Woods in the opening round, when he missed at least three short birdie attempts.

2.   He slammed it close on the opening three holes, made each short birdie putt, and slapped a bit of humility on Greg Norman and Michael Campbell.

3.   It was fairways and greens and some short birdie putts.

4.   Like Woods, he recovered, sinking short birdie putts on the next three holes.

5.   The day started well enough with a brilliant pitch setting up a short birdie putt on his second hole.

6.   Tiger Woods came up one birdie short Sunday.

7.   American Pat Hurst, playing with Kelly Robbins, dropped her short birdie putt to increase the lead to two holes.

8.   American Pat Hurst, playing with Kelly Robbins, made a short birdie putt to increase the lead to two holes.

9.   Any chances the two-time Masters winner would falter faded by the ninth hole when a short birdie putt stretched his lead to six strokes.

10.   He missed short birdie putts on the first two holes, and had good birdie chances on a handful of others.