His opening day was three shots worse than his first round a year ago.

With a "sore" right leg, a torrid pace set by a member of his threesome and mother nature poised to turn against the golfers on Friday, Woods looks likely to be on his way to missing the cut.

"Most of the guys are going low today," Woods said after his round.

"This was the day to do it. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be a little bit better, a little bit sharper, and kind of inch my way through it."

Woods carded five bogeys, although he birdied two of the par-5s.

The five-time Masters champion sank a left-to-right 27-foot putt for birdie on the 15th and followed it up with an eight-footer on the par-3 16th.'

"I didn't give myself very good looks. Need to do a better job of that going forward to hopefully get myself back in this tournament." - Tiger Woods.

However, he could not get up-and-down on 18, posting another bogey to cap the fifth competitive round of golf Woods has played this year.

"I didn't have very good speed early," Woods said.

"I had two three-putts, and consequently I'm a couple over par. I didn't hit my irons close enough today.

"I didn't give myself very good looks. Need to do a better job of that going forward to hopefully get myself back in this tournament."

Viktor Hovland of Norway, playing with Woods on Thursday and again in Friday's second round, fired a seven-under 65 to share the first round lead with Spain's Jon Rahm and American Brooks Koepka.

The final member of Woods' group, Xander Schauffele, recorded a four-under 68.