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Woods 2 shots off lead at Torrey Pines

Fred Couples sends the turf flying as he hits his tee shot on the third hole of the South Course at Torrey Pines during the first round of the Buick Invitational golf tournament Thursday Jan. 24, 2008, in San Diego. Couples managed to break par with a 71 on the distinctly harder of the two courses.

The score would suggest nothing has changed since Tiger Woods last played the PGA Tour four months ago. On the South Course at Torrey Pines, which stretches 7,569 yards and played every bit of that length in the chilly, coastal air along the Pacific Ocean, the world’s No. 1 player picked off enough birdies to put his name near the top of the leaderboard and finished with a 5-under 67 on the tougher…

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