Mcilroy Woods Name Highlight For Leaderboard

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Those three events will all be contested in June. As the calendar turns to July, there are three more events, including the Canadian Open.

"Traditionally we have released the full schedule in December, which has not given all of our events time to finalize their plans for the coming year. This year we have decided to delay the full release of the schedule until it is fully confirmed," stated Rick Janes, Canadian Tour Commissioner and CEO.

"Our recent agreement with the PGA Tour has also provided us with some new horsepower and we are confident that we can get those events in question over the hump when the full schedule is released in a month from now."

"I just had a hard time getting a feel for these greens. It was difficult and my speed was off," said Woods, who is tied for ninth place.

World No. 1 Luke Donald had a one-under 71 in his first outing of the year. Donald played with McIlroy, also making his first start of 2012, and Woods in round one and will again on Friday.

Perhaps the biggest surprise of Thursday's first round was the poor performance of the fourth-ranked player in the world.

The German has won this event three times with a runner-up finish in the last four years.

That's an amazing record, but McIlroy is no slouch at Abu Dhabi. He's tied for fifth, took third and finished second in his last three appearances at this event.

The reigning U.S. Open champion started on the 10th tee Thursday and went on a great run almost immediately after teeing off. McIlroy ran home a nine-footer for birdie at 11, a 12-footer for birdie at 12 and capped off his run with a three-foot birdie putt at the 13th.

McIlroy inched up the leaderboard late in his second nine. He knocked his tee ball inside four feet to set up a birdie at the par-three seventh, then chipped in for a birdie at the par-five eighth.

Karlsson also began on the 10th tee in round one, but he endured an up-and- down start. He traded two birdies and two bogeys over his first four holes, then parred his next three.

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•    Neck of the woods

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•    Thatt awesome moment when i surprise her with a rose with a birdie in it. she loved it. #priceless

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•    and all was silent in the hundred acre woods.

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•    Singing "Collard Greens & Cornbread" - Fantasia :)

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•    Niggas blastin music wen ppl tryna sleep<<<<< stupid inconsiderate bastards n tha woods -_______-

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•    #brrrrrrrrr - it's a tad chilly in the park this morning! Thanks heavens for a warming freshly brewed cup of #rosylea #smashing #ff to all

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•    Woods Back To Back....#ImFried

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•    Lil' Wayne- Neck Of The Woods

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•    Ever find it interesting that pro golfers putt better for par than they do for birdie ...

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