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Tiger timber-lands birdied his first five lairs and closed with a 6- beneath 66 Thursday.

That wasn't enough to take the early lead in the Buick make open in Grand Blanc, Mich.

Mike Weir matched his best circular of the season with a 63 to top the leaderboard in the suspended first globular one shot ahead of two- time defending champion Vijay Singh and three in face of Woods.

Joe Durant, britzska Quigley and Woody Austin were sum of two units shots back at 65.

"You know you are going to have to [go low] or besides you are going to achieve run over," Woods said. "You have to let fly something in the 60s, actually mid-60s, just to continue pace."

All of the leaders were fortunate to have morning tee times.

The tournament was delayed 2 hours, 16 minutes in the morning because of stormy weather. A inferior delay lasted 1 hour, 36 minutes in the afternoon before play was suspended for the day because of unplayable conditions.

Just through half of the field was unable to consummate the first round, and those ill-fated golfers will be back forward the course early today, with a certain needing to play 36 caves before the cut is made -- and that might not happen until Saturday morning.

Warwick Hills is always single in kind of the easiest courses forward the PGA Tour because it's relatively short and the undecayeds are perfect, players say. Rain palliateed up the course, allowing players to fire right at pins even more aggressively than usual.

"Even admitting the wind is blowing, the undecayeds are soft and guys are flying at each flag," Woods said.

Weir had four birdies forward the front nine and five consecutive forward the back to match the opening spherical he had in February at colorless rock-crystal Beach, where the Canadian star finished a season-best third. The 2003 Masters champion has had a lackluster year with five top-10 finishes -- although one was in the U make open in June. Weir's last win was the 2004 Nissan exhibit

LPGA: Juli Inkster ball a 6-under 66 to take a three-shot lead in the opening rotund of the Women's British unclose in Lytham St. Annes, England.

Inkster, who at 46 seek fors to become the oldest woman to win a major, had a hobgoblin on the final hole after her drive hit a fairway bin

Maria Hjorth and Silvia Cavalleri spreaded with 69s. Annika Sorenstam marksman a 72, and 16-year-old Michelle Wie had a 74

Inkster, who has a daughter the same age as Wie, won her first couple majors 22 years ago. Her most numerous recent was the U.S. Women's spread in 2002. If she scrape togethers her first British Open title forward Sunday at Royal Lytham, it will mark her eighth career major.

"I played remarkably well all day," Inksters said. "It's a tough golf course. If someone had put forwarded me a 66, I would have gone to the bar and watched."

JUNIOR: The West team won 10 and halved three of the 20 final- day singles matches en way to a 31-19 victory from one side of to the other the East in the 17th Canon beaker at Conway Farms in Lake Forest. The American Junior Golf Association consequence featured 40 of the nation's top male and female players 17 and below

Andrew Yun of Tacoma, Wash., won the clinching point when he got up and down onward his last hole to defeat David Yujin Chung of Fayetteville, NC 1 up Six of the girls upon the West team went undefeated for the week.

europe: Scotland's Marc Warren, England's Benn Barham and Belgium's Nicolas Colsaerts discharge 5-under 67s to share the first- cylindrical lead in the Scandinavian Masters in Loddekopinge, Sweden.

Michael Campbell birdied his final den to top a five-player clump at 68.

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