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"My back spasmed on it," Woods said of his
eight-iron shot on the par-four 18th at Riviera Country Club.
"It had been spasming over the last three holes and it just
locked up on me and didn't move, didn't rotate."
Woods, who underwent spinal fusion surgery in 2017, recovered
nicely on his next shot, splitting two trees with a punch hook
to find the green.
"A lot of good and a lot of indifferent," Woods said of his
round on a sunny day in Pacific Palisades.
"It was one or the other. I don't know how many pars I had,
wasn't many. I was either making birdies or bogeys and just
never really got anything consistent going today."
The 48-year-old 15-times major champion, who withdrew before the
third round of last year's Masters because of a foot injury,
said that issue was no longer a problem.
He did admit, however, that his leg, badly injured in a car
crash two years ago, was sore.
"It's nothing that we weren't prepared for and we've got some
work to do tonight and tomorrow," Woods said.
The Genesis Invitational, one of the PGA Tour's eight Signature
Events this year, features a halfway cut and $20 million purse,
including $4 million for the winner.
American Patrick Cantlay topped the leaderboard after carding a
seven-under 64.
Woods, who has never won the event, is also serving as a
tournament host this week.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll, editing by Ed Osmond)
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