Tiger Woods at Wyndham Championship 2015: Thursday Leaderboard Score, Reaction

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Published: August 20, 2015

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After missing the cut at the PGA Championship last week, Tiger Woods came back with a vengeance Thursday at the Wyndham Championship by firing a six-under 64.


The 14-time major winner was locked in at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, as he was near the top of the leaderboard for much of the day and finished his round in fifth place, two strokes behind leader William McGirt:



The 2015 season has been a trying one for Woods, but the 39-year-old superstar was able to turn back the clock Thursday. He was all smiles after his performance and was happy to finally "get something out of a round":



As seen in this rundown of his scorecard, Tiger converted seven birdies with just one bogey on the day:



According to Justin Ray of GolfChannel.com, Woods turned in his best tournament round in more than two years:



Not only was it a great round for Tiger in the context of the year he is currently having, but it was also among the best first-round scores of his entire career:



Per ESPN Stats & Info, Woods also broke a disturbing first-round trend that has often sunk his chances throughout 2015:



An early sign that Woods was about to have a fantastic round was his birdie on No. 10—after starting on the back nine—with a picture-perfect chip out of the rough, as seen in this video courtesy of the PGA Tour's official Twitter account:



While Tiger quickly gave the stroke back by bogeying the par-four 11th, he was able to rebound, as the birdie train began to pick up steam thereafter.

Woods birdied No. 13, No. 15 and No. 18, which allowed him to make the turn at three under. At that point, according to ESPN.com's Jason Sobel, his razor-thin chances of making the FedEx Cup playoffs seemed to be improving:



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