Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Tiger Woods continues to struggle with his putter and sits seven shots off the lead during the first round of the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Woods finished at 1-under par today at the TPC Boston course in Norton, Massachusetts, where Steve Stricker leads at 8-under. Woods and Stricker, the top two players in the U.S. PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoff points standings, were paired together in the same group.
Woods, who missed a seven-foot putt on the final hole of last week’s Barclays tournament, needed 30 putts over 18 holes today, ranking 83rd in the field. Stricker’s 25 putts ranked 53rd.
Four players, including Masters Tournament champion Angel Cabrera, are tied for second at 6-under, one shot ahead of Jerry Kelly, Troy Matteson and Jim Furyk. Heath Slocum, who won last week’s playoff-opening Barclays tournament in New Jersey, is 3- under through 13 holes.
Woods won the inaugural FedEx Cup title in 2007, while Vijay Singh claimed it last season. Singh, the defending Deutsche Bank Championship winner, has yet to begin play.
After this week, the top 70 players in the points standings head to the BMW Championship in Chicago. The top 30 then advance to the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta, with the overall winner earning $10 million.
To contact the reporter on this story: Michael Buteau in Atlanta mbuteau@bloomberg.net
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