Tiger Woods wobbles to 8 over in first round at Open

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Tiger Woods is near the bottom of the Open Championship leaderboard after opening with an 8-over 79 on Thursday at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

One quick birdie at No. 3 gave Woods' fans hope before he played the next nine holes in 8 over par. Woods wrapped up just before 8 p.m. local time 12 shots behind co-leaders Shane Lowry of Ireland and Danie