Woods makes first bogey at PGA and gets company in lead; Mickelson waits it out

Tiger gets company, Phil gets to wait

CHASKA, Minn. — Tiger Woods has some company at the top of the leaderboard.

Woods bogeyed his first hole Friday, ending his errorless streak at this year’s PGA Championship and leaving him tied with playing partner and defending champion Padraig Harrington. Alvaro Quiros and Graeme McDowell soon joined them at 4 under on a steamy, blustery day at Hazeltine National.

Quiros is a Spaniard best known for his booming drives, but he can putt, too, making a 5-footer for a birdie on his second hole. McDowell had two birdies in his first five holes.

Phil Mickelson, meanwhile, is in danger of missing the cut at the PGA for the first time since 1995 after a second straight 2-over 74. The cut was projected to be 2 over when Lefty finished, but moved to 3 over when the afternoon groups began facing the blustery winds and sauna-like heat.

“I don’t know if it will make it or not. I’m not going to beat many people putting the way I am,” said Mickelson, who has played sparingly this summer to be with his wife, Amy, and his mother, both of whom have breast cancer. “I’ve got to get this thing turned around.”

Woods didn’t make any mistakes in taking the first-round lead, making all but two fairways and missing only three greens. But even he can’t expect to be perfect for an entire major — especially with the wind gusting so hard Friday the flagstick was shaking in the cup on the first hole.

He was in rough off the first tee, then landed in more deep stuff short of the green with his second shot. His third shot took a softer bounce than he expected, leaving him an 8-footer for par and it stopped inches short of the hole.

He left his approach shot on the par-5 No. 3 a good 35 feet short, and struck it so poorly he started walking while the ball was still rolling. That left him with a 5-footer for par, which he made.

U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover (70) and Brendan Jones (70) both got to 3 under, and Vijay Singh stayed with them after an even-par 72.

“I don’t think I have to validate anything,” said Glover, whose win at Bethpage Black was only the second of his career. “I’ve been out here six years, and had a pretty good career. It would just be nice to win another one. I’m not looking to prove anything to anybody else.”

Tim Clark had the round of the day so far, a 4-under 68 that has him even for the tournament. His only goof came on the last hole, when he missed a 15-footer for par.

Mickelson skipped the British Open to be with his wife and mother, and his appearance at Bridgestone last weekend was his first since the U.S. Open. The layoff is evident.

Mickelson sprayed his tee shots in the rough, the sand and the gallery — one on Thursday going so deep he could have grabbed a snack from a corporate tent. But it’s his putter that’s really hurt him. He’s been trying to tweak his stroke, but he hasn’t gotten used to it quite yet.

He made a bogey on 18 when he missed a putt, then missed a 3-footer on No. 1 for another bogey (he started on the back nine). He also missed one from 8-feet on the par-3 No. 4.

He did make an eagle on the par-5 No. 7 , then had a chance to pick up another stroke with a 15-footer on the eighth. But it ran long, and Mickelson waved his hands as if to say, “Come on!”

“I think the struggling on the greens is carrying over a little bit into maybe my focus on some other shots,” he said. “I don’t feel I’m hitting it bad, but I am hitting some bad shots.”