Woods recovers from 4-putt on No. 1 to shoot 71 in Farmers

Tiger Woods' last putt of the day was so much better than his first three.

Woods four-putted No. 1 on Torrey Pines South on Friday, an inauspicious start to his second round at the Farmers Insurance Open.

Playing on a course that has been so good to him over the decades, Woods reached the first green in two and had a birdie putt of just less than 25 feet. He rolled it 30 inches past the hole. His second putt shot 5 feet past the cup. His third went 14 inches past before he finally tapped in.

"Just poa," Woods said about the poa annua grass.

"I tried to ram it in the hole and it bounced. I hit obviously a terrible third putt, pulled it. The second putt, it's just what happens on poa. I tried to take the break out and it just bounced."
"It's one of those things where it's just a process. It's a marathon. It's four days. It's a long haul. Just trying to be there at the end and you never know what happens at the end."
"It's so much more difficult and I think so much more volatile because of the fact that if you shoot a good round out here on the South, you'll move up the board."
"Not exactly the best of starts, but I figured it out and turned it around. Unfortunately, I made a mistake at 17 that cost me a shot. Good birdie at 18, though."
"It's one of those things where I feel like I was hitting puts on my lines, but they didn't say on the lines. Just trying to make sure that I had a lot of putts that were uphill that I could take the break out and get it in there."
"The putts, the greens are quick and they're bouncy, so that's a tough combo when you're above the hole. If you leave it below the hole, take the break out, ram it and take the low line."