Sluggish Woods falls six off pace

MIAMI: Tiger Woods made an unremarkable return to strokeplay golf on Thursday, finishing on one under par in the WGC-CA Championship first round and six shots behind the leaders.

American world No 3 Phil Mickelson, India's Jeev Milkha Singh, South African Retief Goosen and Thailand's Prayad Marksaeng shared the clubhouse lead after firing seven-under-par rounds of 65.

Woods was making his first appearance in a strokeplay event since his playoff win at the US Open nine months ago.