Is He Back? Tiger Woods Co-Leader At 2010 Barclays With 6-Under 65 First Round

For one day at least, order has been restored to the golf universe: Tiger Woods is atop the leader board of a significant tournament.

Taking advantage of the receptive fairways and greens at the damp Ridgestone Country Club, Woods fired a 6-under 65, good for a share of the lead alongside Vaughn Taylor. Woods got off to a particularly hot start after birdieing four of the first seven holes, before slowing down a bit. Woods finished with a flurry, however, playing the final fives holes at 3-under. Interestingly, Woods did all of his damage despite hardly touching his driver; instead he used his fairway woods and irons off the tees, resulting in few missed fairways and a handful of birdie opportunities. It was Woods’ best single round since returning to golf last April.

Maybe finalizing his divorce was just what Tiger Woods needed to get the focus off his personal life and back to his golf game. Because Woods has put on a vintage display so far at the first round of the Barclays at Ridgestone. Indeed, with the fairways damp and the wind minimal, the course is ripe for low-scoring, and Woods has certainly obliged.

Teeing off in the first group due to being so far down the FedEx Cup standings, Woods has capitalized on the easy conditions at Ridgestone with a scorching first round of 5-under through 16 holes, good for a share of the lead with Ryan Palmer, Josh Teater and Brian Gay.

Jim Furyk learned a lesson we would all do well to remember: always re-charge your cell phone. Always. And especially if you use it as your alarm clock.

Furyk was disqualified from the Barclays this week after sleeping in and missing his tee time for the event’s Pro-Am event on Wednesday, according to the New York Daily News. Furyk’s excuse? He slept in after his cell phone, which he uses as an alarm clock, ran out of power and for some reason didn’t re-charge.