MONTY HAS AN EMBARRASSING 80 TO BE
SIX SHOTS ADRIFT OF TIGER WOODS'
FIELD OF INVITED STARS

Just a few short weeks ago Colin Montgomerie, with the help of compatriot Marc Warren, was on top of the world.
Today he is bottom of the pack of world stars in the Target World Challenge, the tournament Tiger Woods hosts in southern California.
Monty had an embarrasing round of eight-over-par 80 which placed him last of the select 16 in the invited field. The big Scot is six shots detached from the player in second last place. What a way top end his golfing year.
The par-5s were a nightmare for Colin. He had a 7 at the long second, a bogey 6 at the long fifth and a double bogey7 at the long 13th. He also had a double bogey 6 at the par-4 9 and dropped a single shot at the 10th in halves of 41 (five over par) and 39 (three over).
A double bogey at the 18th for a 69 cost Tiger Woods the outright lead. He led the scoreboards for most of the day, reaching the turn at three under after birdies at the first, second and fifth. He picked up further shots at the 10th and 11th and remained bogey free until the last where his drive found the trees on the right.
Woods said: "It's frustrating the way it ended because it was a good round of golf. It could have really realistically have been seven under par without being all that stressed out. I ended up at three under par."
His approach went into a small creek left of the green and after taking a penalty drop and chipping on he was left with an eight-foot bogey putt which rolled three feet past the hole.
That allowed fellow American Jim Furyk to take a one-stroke lead with a 68. Woods dropped into a share of second with Henrik Stenson, Zach Johnson and Rory Sabbatini.
But after taking nearly three months off, Woods was still encouraged by his effort.
He added: "I've got a lot of work to do the next three days but first round back, I was very pleased at how consistent I was.
"I obviously have to clean up the round a little bit around the greens, make sure my level of pitching gets a little more sound than it was today.
"I was surprised at how quickly I got into the flow of the round. With long lay-offs sometimes it takes you three, four, five holes before you feel comfortable with the flow of a round - I got up really pretty quick today, which was nice."
Padraig Harrington is joint sixth after a 71. Lee Westwood and Paul Casey matched the par of 72. Luke Donald had a 74.
FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72
68 J Furyk.
69 T Woods, R Sabbatini, Z Johnson, H Stenson.
71 P Harrington, M Calcavecchia.
72 VJ Singh, S Stricker, L Westwood, P Casey, N Fasth.
73 B Wetterioch.
74 F Couples, L Donald.
80 C Montgomerie.