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Choi in top ten after opening round - Woods struggles

Korea’s Choi Kyung-ju got off to a solid start at The Players Championship when he fired a one-under-par 71 in the opening round on Thursday.

Choi, who has won four times on the US PGA Tour, enjoyed a smooth run on the back nine with two birdies and coupled with a lone birdie against two bogeys on the way home, the Asian stalwart ended the day in joint ninth position at Sawgrass.

South African Rory Sabbatini carded a 67 and was tied alongside American Phil Mickelson at the top of the leaderboard.

Sweden’s Daniel Chopra shot a 74 and was in tied 41st place together with top players that include Fijian Vijay Singh and Adam Scott of Australia. A stroke behind the Swedish talent was a struggling Tiger Woods with three bogeys alongside former Asian Tour regular Dean Wilson.

May 11, 2007