World Leaves Woods Over Mallon

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Oakville, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Canadian Tour announced eight dates for the 2012 season on Tuesday. The Canadian part of the schedule will kick off with the 30th playing of the Times Colonist Island Savings Open. That will be followed by the ATB Financial Classic and the Syncrude Boreal Open.

 

"Traditionally we have released the full schedule in December, which has not given all of our events time to finalize their plans for the coming year. This year we have decided to delay the full release of the schedule until it is fully confirmed," stated Rick Janes, Canadian Tour Commissioner and CEO.

 

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rory McIlroy and Robert Karlsson both fired rounds of five-under 67 on Thursday to share the opening- round lead of the Abu Dhabi Championship. Tiger Woods made his 2012 debut and played decently enough with a two-under 70. Woods, who ended his 2011 campaign with an unofficial win at the Chevron World Challenge, his first anywhere in two years, hit the ball well on Thursday, but the flat stick let him down.

 

Woods hit 10 of 14 fairways and 17 greens in regulation, but needed 35 putts in round one.

 

World No. 1 Luke Donald had a one-under 71 in his first outing of the year. Donald played with McIlroy, also making his first start of 2012, and Woods in round one and will again on Friday.

 

Perhaps the biggest surprise of Thursday's first round was the poor performance of the fourth-ranked player in the world.

 

Martin Kaymer, the two-time defending champion and three-time winner, struggled badly on Thursday. He went out in 39, came back in 38 and signed for a five-over 77.

 

That's an amazing record, but McIlroy is no slouch at Abu Dhabi. He's tied for fifth, took third and finished second in his last three appearances at this event.

 

The reigning U.S. Open champion started on the 10th tee Thursday and went on a great run almost immediately after teeing off. McIlroy ran home a nine-footer for birdie at 11, a 12-footer for birdie at 12 and capped off his run with a three-foot birdie putt at the 13th.

 

McIlroy inched up the leaderboard late in his second nine. He knocked his tee ball inside four feet to set up a birdie at the par-three seventh, then chipped in for a birdie at the par-five eighth.

 

Karlsson also began on the 10th tee in round one, but he endured an up-and- down start. He traded two birdies and two bogeys over his first four holes, then parred his next three.

 

Gareth Maybin, Richard Finch and Jean-Baptiste Gonnet are knotted in third place at four-under 68.

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•    Neck of the woods

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•    Thatt awesome moment when i surprise her with a rose with a birdie in it. she loved it. #priceless

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•    Singing "Collard Greens & Cornbread" - Fantasia :)

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•    Niggas blastin music wen ppl tryna sleep<<<<< stupid inconsiderate bastards n tha woods -_______-

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•    Rory McIlroy's performance yesterday was an exhibition of scoring. Certainly not brilliant at times, but he got the most out of his round.

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•    Woods Back To Back....#ImFried

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•    Lil' Wayne- Neck Of The Woods

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•    My cup my cup.

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•    Ever find it interesting that pro golfers putt better for par than they do for birdie ...

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•    Morning all, I hope you all have a good day I'm just off for a lovely run and to explore the woods .

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•    ah faalt er staat op zo'n verpakking houdbaar tot 23-3-12 en nu is het al helemaal beschimmelt en tis nog nie open geweest

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•    In de bus richting sneek, zometeen stage van 9 tot kwart over 5 en dan naar school om van half 6 tot 9 te helpen bij open dag! #drukdruk

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