Rough start for Woods, but wrist looks OK as 1st-round play resumes at US Open

ARDMORE, Pa. – Tiger Woods quickly put two shots in the rough when he resumed his first round at the U.S. Open on Friday.

The silver lining for the world’s No. 1 player: At least his wrist looked fine.

Woods pulled out his driver and put his first tee shot of the day well right of the fairway into the high grass at Merion. On Thursday, he would wince and shake his left arm, particularly his wrist, when playing out of the rough, but there was no obvious sign of discomfort when he played his second shot at the long par-4 No. 12.

There wasn’t much else good about the shot, which landed in lesser rough about 100 yards from the hole. Woods then got the ball on the green, but he missed a downhill 5-foot putt and bogeyed the hole to go to 3 over.

Woods birdied the short par-3 13th, but he still had work to do to get on the leaderboard. Luke Donald held the overnight night at 4 under through 13 holes when darkness stopped play on Thursday.

The rain returned on Friday, although it was gentler than the severe storms that interrupted play twice on Thursday.

The clubhouse leader was Phil Mickelson at 3-under 67.

Of the 78 players to complete the first round, only Mickelson and Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts (69) were under par. Mike Weir of Bright’s Grove, Ont., was the top Canadian at 2-over 72.