GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Tiger Woods had his best round in more than two years Thursday, shooting a 6-under 64 in the first round of the Wyndham Championship.
Two-time heart transplant recipient Erik Compton, William McGirt and Tom Hoge shared the first-round lead at 62 in the PGA Tour's regular-season finale.
Morgan Hoffman, Jim Herman and Derek Ernst followed at 63, and Martin Kaymer, Davis Love III and Carl Pettersson joined Woods at 64s. It was Woods' lowest score on the PGA Tour since a 61 in the second round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in 2013.
The players took advantage of good scoring conditions after morning showers softened the fairways and greens at Donald Ross-designed Sedgefield Country Club.
Woods set the tone by holing a 54-foot chip shot on his first hole, the par-4 10th, for the first of his seven birdies. Coming off a missed cut last week in the PGA Championship, he is 187th on the FedEx Cup points list and probably needs a win to move into the top 125 and earn a playoff spot.
U.S. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. (AP) - Arizona State senior Jon Rahm won two matches Thursday to advance to the U.S. Amateur quarterfinals at Olympia Fields.
Rahm, the Spanish player who tops the world amateur ranking, beat Wake Forest freshman Cameron Young of Scarborough, New York, 7 and 6 in the second round, and topped Xavier of Ohio freshman Daniel Wetterich of Cincinnati 3 and 1 in the third.
Rahm will face Virginia junior Derek Bard of New Hartford, New York, on Friday. Bard beat former Vanderbilt player Hunter Stewart of Lexington, Kentucky, 2 and 1 in the third round.
In the other upper-bracket quarterfinal, Baylor's Matthew Perrine of Austin, Texas, will play Japan's Kenta Konishi. In the lower bracket, NCAA champion Bryson DeChambeau of SMU will play former UAB player Paul Dunne of Ireland; and Charleston Southern junior Austin James of Canada will meet Southern California sophomore Sean Crocker of Westlake Village, California.
MADE IN DENMARK
AALBORG, Denmark (AP) - England's David Horsey shot an 8-under 63 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the Made in Denmark tournament.
Horsey played a seven-hole stretch in 7 under with an eagle on the par-5 11th, a par on No. 12 and five straight birdies. Wales' Oliver Farr had a 64, and Scotland's Paul Lawrie opened with a 65.