The weather began very sunny, but clouds began accumulating later in the morning and thunderstorms are expected in the afternoon, but the weather remained fair. The much-hyped return of Tiger Woods came on Thursday, who shot a 4-under par 68. But the story of the day was the two Champions Tour players, 60 year-old Tom Watson and 50 year-old Fred Couples, who shot 67 and 66 respectively. Nobody would have predicted that, but it’s still early into the tourney.. Major champions Phil Mickelson and Y.E. Yang lied one stroke back of leader Couples along with Lee Westwood, K.J. Choi and Watson.

Leaderboard After Day One:

# Player Country Score To par
1 Fred Couples United States 66 -6
T2 K.J. Choi South Korea 67 -5
Phil Mickelson United States
Yang Yong-eun South Korea
Tom Watson United States
Lee Westwood England
T7 Ricky Barnes United States 68 -4
Anthony Kim United States
Ian Poulter England
Nick Watney United States
Tiger Woods United States

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