Aug 23, 2018; Paramus, NJ, USA; Tiger Woods hits a shot on the twelfth hole during the first round of The Northern Trust golf tournament at Ridgewood Country Club. Catalina Fragoso-USA TODAY Sports
(Reuters) - Tiger Woods made his FedExCup playoffs return on Thursday after a five-year absence and shot a mediocre level-par 71 in the first round of The Northern Trust to sit five shots behind the leaders in Paramus, New Jersey.
Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson carded 67s to lurk a shot off leaders Jamie Lovemark, Vaughn Taylor, Sean O'Hair and Kevin Tway on a day of fairly low scoring on the rain-soaked layout, where players were allowed preferred lies.
