MIAMI (AFP) - Three-time defending champion Tiger Woods took a bogey at the 18th hole Thursday to finish on five-under 67 opening round and share fourth during day one of the World Golf Championships CA Championship.
World number one Woods, a winner in 14 of 25 World Golf Championships events, is trying to extend his worldwide win streak to eight events with a sixth consecutive US PGA triumph in his final tuneup for next month's Masters.
Australian Geoff Ogilvy, the 2006 US Open champion, and Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez shared the early clubhouse lead on 65 with American Stewart Cink on 66 and most of the 79-player field in the clubhouse.
A birdie at the par-5 first hole gave Woods a solid start and he followed with another at the third. After taking a bogey at the seventh, Woods answered with a birdie at the par-5 eighth to make the turn two-under.
Woods began the back nine with a birdie, then added back-to-back birdies at 14 and the par-3 15th and another at the par-4 17th, giving him a chance to claim a share of the lead if he could birdie the 18th.
The concluding 467-yard, par-4 layout at Doral, known as the Blue Monster, was ranked the hardest hole on the entire US PGA Tour last season, including every major tournament.
Woods took a bogey at the 18th and finished on 67 to stand level with world number two Phil Mickelson, Aussie Adam Scott and Denmark's Anders Hansen.
Ogilvy, who had a bogey-free round, birdied the first four odd-numbered holes and added another at the eighth to stand five-under at the turn, then added another at the 12th and conquered the 18th for a final birdie.
Jimenez opened with an eagle and birdied four of the last five holes, including the 18th, to seize a share of the lead.
Woods, 32, has 64 career titles, level with Ben Hogan for third on the all-time list behind Sam Snead's 82 and Jack Nicklaus with 73, and 13 major crowns, five shy of the record held by Nicklaus.
Woods, whose longest career PGA run is seven triumphs in a row, could threaten the PGA record win streak of 11 set by Byron Nelson in 1945 with a victory at this eight million-dollar event and next month at Augusta National.
