Great Rory McIlory, disastrous Tiger Woods: The first day of the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens begins like this. The twenty-five year old from Northern Ireland scores a splendid 63 and distances the world number one by 8 strokes. Tiger, at the start of the season, remains the ghost of himself, betrayed even by his sharpest weapon: the putt. Thirty shots that the champion leaves on the greens in the first 18 holes and today he has to recover or risk not making the cut, it would be a shame because, once again, the tournament would be to some extent incomplete. Rory, on this field, has already won in 2012, right in front of Tiger, and above all he is demonstrating that he has recovered his best form. It's his second turbo start in less than a month. The other was in Dubai, where he unfortunately lost concentration in the final part of the race.
Well done Matteo Manassero: 11th after 18 holes with 3 strokes under par. Good start for Adam Scott (-2), penalized by a few too many bogeys; same result for Lee Westwood; while Phil Mickelson is in the neutral zone, on par, far from the top of the standings.
Today reversed tee times compared to yesterday: early Rory and Matteo, late Tiger. The Italian television audience will then be able to follow the 18 holes of the world's number one in the evening.
