Tiger Woods shoots his lowest round in five years as golf icon stars at BMW Championship after Ryder Cup pick

The score came within one stroke of his career low round

Woods was in fine form on the Aronimink course

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Andrew Both6 September 2018

Tiger Woods charged to the clubhouse lead with an eight-under-par 62 in the first round of the BMW Championship in Pennsylvania on Thursday.

The score came within one stroke of his career low round. A bogey at his penultimate hole, the par-three eighth, marred an otherwise stellar performance by the 14-times major champion in oppressive humidity on the Aronimink course in the rolling hills just west of Philadelphia.

But Woods made amends with a closing birdie at the par-five ninth, where he sank a seven-foot putt.

Earlier, the 42-year-old American rushed to the turn in 29 strokes, including a five-foot eagle at the par-five 16th.

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Woods has not won a tournament since 2013, though he missed much of four seasons with a chronic back injury before surgery last year alleviated the problem.