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GULLANE -- By the time Tiger Woods finally made his way up to the 18th green, the bleachers were half empty and long shadows crept across the fairway. If Woods needed to be reminded how long this day was, the clock on the giant yellow scoreboard read 7:37 p.m. -- more than five hours after he teed off. The major championships are usually grinds, but for anyone playing in the afternoon Thursday the first round of the British Open proved more of a test than ever. The wind was blowing harder than expected, the golf course was drying up by the minute, and anything around par was a score to be respected. And there was Woods, feeling awfully good about a 2-under 69 that had to give him hope his five-year drought in the major championships might come to an end this week on a golf course playing like it is in the middle of a drought. "It was tough," Woods said. "The golf course progressively got more dried out and more difficult as we played. Im very pleased to shoot anything even par or better." A day that began with a near catastrophe off the first tee ended with a six-footer that found the centre of the cup on the 18th green. Hardly surprising since Woods had 10 one-putts as he scrambled his way around the links course for one of the better scores of the afternoon. He was three shots off the lead set by Zach Johnson, who was part of a morning surge of players who took advantage of easier conditions to set the pace. More importantly, perhaps, Woods has a morning tee time of his own Friday on a course that at least for the first day was set up to favour the early players. "The guys that played early had a huge, huge break," Phil Mickelson said after shooting a 69 himself in the morning. "Because even without any wind, its beyond difficult." That Woods managed to break 70 in the afternoon was impressive enough. That he did it after nearly snap hooking a 3-wood out of bounds on his opening tee shot and having to take an unplayable when the ball nestled in a deep clump of unruly grass was doubly so. "When I got over that tee shot I was (thinking), if I hammer it, this 3-wood is in that bunker," Woods said. "So maybe I should take something off it. Maybe I should hit 5-wood. Hence I hit a flip hook left and there she goes." Woods somehow managed to make a bogey five on the first hole even with a penalty shot by hitting his third into a greenside bunker and getting up-and-down. It set the pattern for a day of one-putts that not only prevented the round from getting away from him, but put him in prime position going into the second round. "Were supposed to get a different wind tomorrow," Woods said. "It will be interesting to see what the course setup is." Just how tough was Muirfield in the afternoon? So tough that the threesome Woods was playing in became a twosome when former champion Louis Oosthuizen withdrew on the ninth hole with an apparent injury after going 4-over-par through eight holes. So tough that his other playing partner, Graeme McDowell made two double bogeys and shot a 75 despite feeling he played well. So tough that Woods was 1-over at the turn before one-putting the next four holes to spark a 3-under 32 on the back nine. "Tiger played phenomenally well for his 2-under par," McDowell said. "Really ground it out well, did what he did best." Playing well early in majors hasnt been the issue for Woods in recent times, though. Closing it out on the weekend has been, the main reason why hes still stuck at 14 major championships and hasnt won one since beating Rocco Mediate on one leg in the 2008 U.S. Open. Last year he opened the British with a pair of 67s only to fade to a tie for third place behind Ernie Els. This year he was in the mix at the U.S. Open before shooting 76-74 on the weekend. He came here well rested and healed up from a strained elbow that was acting up at the U.S. Open, his last competitive event. He also came with the knowledge gained from years of playing links style golf on this side of the pond, including his two wins at St. Andrews and his other win at Hoylake near Liverpool. "Theyre so different, so different," Woods said. "I mean, this is almost -- its about as fast as Hoylake was. But theres knee-high rough here. And plus this golf course changes directions a lot. This is a totally different setup." Not so different, though, that Woods doesnt like his chances of winning a fourth claret jug.Kyle Alexander Heat Jersey . "It was nerve-wracking, but we pulled through," said Collaros, who threw four touchdown passes to lead the Toronto Argonauts (8-4) to a 33-27 win over the Calgary Stampeders (9-3) in front of 28,781 fans at McMahon Stadium. Kelly Olynyk Jersey . 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Clevelands Kyrie Irving missed a 3-pointer from the left corner on the next possession, but Jabari Parkers lay-in attempt at the other end curled out.James was fouled on the rebound by Antetokounmpo, his sixth. James then hit the deep 3-pointer to put Cleveland up 110-108.Parker was fouled on a layup attempt on the ensuing possession but missed both free throws. Irving hit a pair of free throws with 15.7 seconds left to make it 112-108.James had 34 points and Irving 28 for Cleveland, which had lost at Milwaukee 118-101 on Nov. 29. Parker had 30 points and Antetokounmpo added 25. The two teams meet again Wednesday night in Cleveland.SPURS 102, ROCKETS 100HOUSTON -- Patty Mills hit a 3-pointer with 12.9 seconds left to lift San Antonio over Houston.Eric Gordon missed a 3-point attempt after that before Manu Ginobili missed two free throws to give Houston one last chance, but James Hardens 3-point attempt bounced off the rim at the buzzer.The victory is San Antonios fifth straight and improves the Spurs to 15-1 on the road. It also snaps Houstons NBA-long 10-game winning streak.Kawhi Leonard led the Spurs with 21 points, and LaMarcus Aldridge added 17 points with 10 rebounds.Harden finished with 31 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists.HORNETS 117, LAKERS 113CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Kemba Walker had 28 points and 10 assists, Marco Belinelli scored 11 fourth-quarter points and Charlotte rallied from 19 down to beat Los Angeles.Walker had 15 points in the third quarter and a key rebound with 27.9 seconds left in the fourth to set up a tiebreaking jumper by Nicolas Batum with 13 seconds remaining.Batum had 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting and added 10 assists. Belinelli finished with 13 points.Jordan Clarkson paced the Lakers with 25 points with 7-of-9 3-point shooting, and Nick Young added 24 points while hitting 5 of 10 from 3-point range.Los Angeles made 16 of 33 3-point attempts (48.5 percent), but the Hornets still secured their second straight victory.CELTICS 112, GRIZZLIES 109, OTMEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Isaiah Thomas scored a career-high 44 points, including 36 after halftime to lead Boston past Memphis in overtime.After the Grizzlies took a 106-105 lead on a rebound basket by Tony Allen with 1:10 left in the extra period, the Celtics scored the next five points.Al Horford had 17 points and 14 rebounds for the Celtics, who overcame a 17-point deficit in the second half to win their third straight. Averry Bradley added 16 points.ddddddddddddhomas also matched his career best for 3-pointers, going 7 of 10 from outside the arc.Marc Gasol and Troy Daniels led Memphis with 24 points apiece. 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Anthony scored 26 in the second half.Derrick Rose had 24 points and Kristaps Porzingis added 21 for the Knicks, who returned home after a poor finish to their five-game trip out West. They improved to 10-4 at home.Thaddeus Young and Myles Turner each scored 21 points for the Pacers, who had won seven straight in the series.RAPTORS 116, NETS 104TORONTO -- Kyle Lowry had 23 points, Norman Powell scored a season-high 21 and Toronto defeated Brooklyn.Lowry, who shot 8 of 12 from the field and 3 of 5 on 3-pointers, added eight assists and four rebounds before sitting out the final 6 minutes as the Raptors (20-8) won their second straight.Six different Raptors scored in double figures. Toronto never trailed and led by as many as 23.Rondae Hollis-Jefferson had 19 points, six rebounds and three assists for the Nets (7-20), who lost their third straight and fifth in six games. It was the 10th straight road loss for the Nets. They are 1-13 away from home this season.PELICANS 108, 76ERS 93PHILADELPHIA -- Anthony Davis had 31 points and 16 rebounds to lead New Orleans over Philadelphia in a matchup of struggling teams.Davis scored 11 in New Orleans dominant second quarter and Terrence Jones finished with 17 points and 10 boards for the Pelicans (10-20), who avenged a Dec. 8 home loss to the 76ers while winning for only the third time in 11 games.Ersan Ilyasova had 14 points to pace Philadelphia (7-21). ' ' '