MONTY HAS A 76 BUT HE'S ONLY
ONE BEHIND TIGER WOODS IN
PLAYERS' CHAMPIONSHIP

Colin Montgomerie could do no better than a four-over-par 76 in the first round of the US Players' Championship at Sawgrass. Mind you, Tiger Woods, beset by putting problems, was only one better.
Setting a hot pace on 67 were Phil Mickelson and South African Rory Sabbatini.

SCOREBOARD
Par 72 (players from US unless stated)
67 Phil Mickelson, Rory Sabbatini (SAf).
68 Chris DiMarco.
69 Peter Lonard (Aus).
70 Rodney Pampling (Aus), Tom Lehman, Carl Pettersson (Swe), Jason Gore
71 Brian Davis (Eng), Retief Goosen (SAf), Jeff Quinney, J.P. Hayes, Nathan Green (Aus), Jim Furyk, KJ Choi (Kor), Rich Beem.
72 Bernhard Langer (Ger), Steve Stricker, Cliff Kresge, Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Sean O'Hair, Mathew Goggin (Aus), Scott Verplank, Rocco Mediate, Brandt Snedeker, Henrik Stenson (Swe).
73 Jerry Kelly, Arron Oberholser, Zach Johnson, John Senden (Aus), Kevin Sutherland, John Mallinger, Steve Elkington (Aus), Charles Howell III, Kenny Perry, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Jose Coceres (Arg), Ernie Els (SAf), Tim Clark (SAf), Shane Bertsch.
74 Joey Sindelar, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Harrison Frazar, Will MacKenzie, Daniel Chopra (Swe), Vijay Singh (Fij), Boo Weekley, Stuart Appleby (Aus), Adam Scott (Aus), Charl Schwartzel (SAf), Ted Purdy, Stewart Cink, Tom Pernice jun, Robert Allenby (Aus), Luke Donald (Eng), Brett Wetterich, Jonathan Byrd.
75 Nick Watney, Kirk Triplett, Charley Hoffman, Tiger Woods, Vaughn Taylor, Mathias Gronberg (Swe), Todd Hamilton, Dean Wilson, Shaun Micheel, Mike Weir (Can), Craig Perks (NZ), Michael Campbell (NZ), Eric Axley, Jeff Sluman, Ian Poulter (Eng), Corey Pavin, Troy Matteson.
76 Bart Bryant, Ben Curtis, Nick O'Hern (Aus), Joe Durant, Bill Haas, Ken Duke, Jesper Parnevik (Swe), Jason Bohn, Colin Montgomerie (Sco), Paul Casey (Eng), John Rollins, J.B. Holmes, J J Henry, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe), Shigeki Maruyama (Jap), D.J. Trahan, Padraig Harrington (Ire).
77 Pat Perez, Tim Herron, Davis Love III, David Toms, Stephen Leaney (Aus), Chris Couch, Bubba Watson, Greg Owen (Eng), Robert Karlsson (Swe), Ryan Palmer, Bo Van Pelt, Ryuji Imada (Jap), Douglas Labelle, Bobby Wadkins, Frank Lickliter II, Stephen Ames (Can).
78 Charles Warren, Paul Azinger, Billy Mayfair, Steve Lowery, Heath Slocum, Hunter Mahan, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa), Anthony Kim, Richard S Johnson (Swe), Justin Leonard, Brett Quigley, Niclas Fasth (Swe), Briny Baird, Ryan Moore.
79 Chad Campbell, Jeff Gove, Lucas Glover, Joe Ogilvie, Steve Flesch, Mark Wilson
80 Kent Jones, Jeff Maggert, Trevor Immelman (SAf), Paul Goydos, Brian Gay, Camilo Villegas (Col), Fred Funk.
81 Billy Andrade, Stephen Marino, Woody Austin, Olin Browne
82 Bob Estes, David Branshaw, Mark Calcavecchia
85 Robert Garrigus.
Withdrawn: Daisuke Maruyama (Jap).