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Friday 16 February 2018

GOLDEN

RUN

Dominic Bozzelli watches his
second shot on the eighth
hole during the first round
of the Genesis Open golf
tournament at Riviera Country
Club, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018,
in the Pacific Palisades area
of Los Angeles.
Associated Press

Sam Saunders

opens strong

again at Riviera;

Woods has 72

By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger
Woods lost a ball in a tree
early in his round, played
from the wrong hole late
and ended his return to
Riviera with a reasonable
start in the Genesis Open.
It was more of the same for Shiffrin wins gold in
Sam Saunders, and hope
that it will get better as the women’s giant slalom
week goes on.
Saunders played bogey-
free over his final 16 holes Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, skies to a gold medal
on a firm, difficult course during the second run of the Women’s Giant Slalom at the 2018
at Riviera for a 4-under 67
to share the lead with Tom Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Thursday, Feb.
Hoge and Dominic Bozzelli 15, 2018., Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018.
among the early starters Associated Press
Thursday. Page 19
A year ago, Saunders
opened with a 64 to lead
after the opening round,
only to follow with a 77 that
took him out of the mix for
the rest of the week.
“Last year was kind of a
hot day. I just kind of had
everything going for me,”
Saunders said. “Today, I
just played good golf. I ac-
tually left a lot of shots out
there.

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