The 2013 PGA Championship continues on Friday. After a decent start, Tiger Woods tees off again at 1:45 p.m. ET. Watch the free live stream HERE.
Woods double-bogeyed his final hole on Thursday and finished 1-over-par 71, ESPN reported. Despite the mediocre day, Woods remained optimistic.
"The round realistically could have been under par easily," Woods said, according to ESPN. "I played really well today. One loose 9-iron shot [on the fourth hole]. I made a few par putts out there as well.
"As I say, I feel like I played well enough and made some nice key putts, and the key is I left it in good spots too. I'm still right there. I mean ... as of right now, I'm only six back and we have a long way to go."
The final hole on Thursday proved difficult for Woods. His shot ended up in the deep rough on the par-4 ninth hole. He was unable to find the green and ended up in a bunker. He took a double-bogey.
"I tried to shape a one over there, and I drew no lie at all from my third shot," he said. "And I was just trying to play 20 feet long and putt back and try and just get bogey. I didn't even get it over the bunker. It came out nowhere. Didn't really have much from there, hit a beautiful putt, just lipped out."
Woods is after his 15th major championship, which has eluded him for more than five years. One positive for Woods: in his last two major wins, the 2007 PGA and 2008 U.S. Open, Woods shot a 71 in the first round.
Woods, along with Phil Mickelson, finished on Thursday six strokes behind leaders Adam Scott and Jim Furyk.
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