His time on the Augusta National leaderboard eventually ended in disappointment. How it plays
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out at the Australian Open will be determined over the final 36 holes this weekend at The Lakes Golf Club.
Woods, who is coming up on the two-year anniversary of his last victory, shot 5-under-par 67 on another blustery day that saw him make his first two bogeys of the tournament but also put him in a position that was once so familiar.
\"I played well today,\" Woods said. \"I could have been a little lower over my first nine
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I felt like I really didn\'t miss a shot. Even though I shot 5 under today, it felt like it easily could have been 8 or 9 deep.
\"It feels good, but it feels good to actually be there playing properly instead of slashing the ball all over the place.\"
Woods shot a front-nine 31 during the final round of the Masters to tie for the lead heading into the back nine but he could not sustain it and eventually tied for fourth, four strokes behind winner Charl Schwartzel
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During that tournament, Woods suffered knee and Achilles injuries that proved to be far more serious than expected. He tried to return a month later at the Players Championship, suffered a setback, and did not return again until the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in August.
Along the way, he missed two major championships and was basically unable to train or practice. After tying for 37th in the no cut Bridgestone tournament, he shot 10 over par at the PGA Championship and missed the cut for the first time in that major.
Because he was ineligible for the FedEx Cup playoffs on the PGA Tour, Woods didn\'t play competitively again until last month\'s Frys.com Open in California, where he finished 30th. He is playing in just his 11th tournament worldwide this year.
\"I\'m just being patient. I\'m basically playing the way I\'ve been playing
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at home. I\'ve been hitting it like this at home but it hasn\'t come out in a tournament setting yet. That\'s the progression. I\'ve been through swing changes before, and that\'s what happened. It takes time and once the confidence starts coming it starts building.\"
Woods played in the morning and finished at 135, 9 under par, one stroke ahead of Australia\'s Peter O\'Malley -- who once defeated Woods in the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship.
First-round leader Jarrod Lyle was starting his
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when Woods finished. Australian Jason Day shot 68 and was two strokes behind Woods.
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