Scott, Dufner share lead after opening round

Scott, Dufner share lead after opening round
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Summary Adam Scott and Jason Dufner share lead after opening round of WGC-Cadillac Championship.

Australias Adam Scott and American Jason Dufner produced smart golf to share the lead at six-under after the first round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship on Thursday (March 8) while the big names struggled in windy conditions.Newly-crowned world number one Rory McIlroy struggled to a one-over-par 73 while Tiger Woods, who shot the best final-round of his life last Sunday, ended even-par after mixing four bogeys with three birdies and an eagle on his opening hole.Scott, who tied for second at last years Masters, made four birdies on the back nine, where he started, before an eagle on the par-five first and a birdie on the second.His only blemish was a bogey on the sixth which allowed Dufner, who finished second at the PGA Championship last year, to grab a share of the lead with a birdie on his last hole - thepar-three ninth for a 66.Denmarks Thomas Bjorn and Masters champion Charl Schwartzel of South Africa were both two shots off the pace after shooting four-under 68s.Spains Sergio Garcia (75) had a bizarre round as he was five-under at turn after mixing six birdies with one bogey before falling apart on the back nine with a birdie, six bogeys and a triple-bogey on the 18th where he found the water twice.
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