If anyone was wondering if Tiger Woods was fully deserving of his Ryder Cup wildcard, then he answered them with an emphatic 62 in the first round of the BMW Championship.
The 14-time major winner shot his lowest opening round since 1999 at the BMW Championship.
It was an incredible statement two days after receiving his Ryder Cup recall at the start of this week. As if Paris later this month required any more hype The score came within one stroke of his career low round. A bogey at his penultimate hole, the par-three eighth, marred an otherwise stellar performance in oppressive humidity on the Aronimink course in the rolling hills just west of Philadelphia.
But Woods made amends with a closing birdie at the par-five ninth, where he sank a seven-foot putt Earlier, he rushed to the turn in 29 strokes, including a five-foot eagle at the par-five 16th.
Woods has not won a tournament since 2013, though he missed much of four seasons with a chronic back injury before a spinal-fusion surgery last year alleviated the problem.