Singh starts off season in lead

The driver no longer appears to be an issue. The putting drove him crazy.

Woods made his only bogey on No. 4.

With a stiff breeze into his face, he hit driver off the fairway from 239m into about 4m on the No. 9, but had to settle for birdie. With a chance to take the outright lead, he hit another big drive on the par-5 15th and an approach just 3m below the cup, but that slid away to the left.

"If I putt the way I normally do, that's three or four shots right there," Woods said. "From that standpoint, it's very encouraging. It's nice to not have to work so hard to shoot a low number."