A slow start often helps win the Masters for Tiger Woods, who posted an unglamorous two-under-par 70 at the US Masters on Thursday. Woods, who has never broken 70 in an opening round at Augusta National but has won three times after posting 70 on the first day, finished the day five shots behind Chad Campbell. While a record 38 players posted sub-par rounds and leader Campbell flirted with the lowest round at a major, Woods plodded along in contrast, unperturbed by the results.

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