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Quail Hollow Championship

Posted on April 30, 2009

The first groups are ready to tee off in today’s first round of the Quail Hollow Championship. Here’s how it sets up:

Groups We’re Watching:

EXPERT PREVIEW: PGA TOUR Network on-site correspondent Bob Stevens previews Thursday’s first round:

Any number of players have talked about how the Quail Hollow Club course could be ready to host a U.S. Open on very short notice with its tight, tree-lined fairways, deep rough and lightning-fast greens. But this year’s set-up came without the ankle-high rough that put a premium on hitting the fairways. Who does a setup with two-inch-high rough favor?

FEDEXCUP NOTES: ROUND 1
Entering last year’s Quail Hollow Championship, Kim was ranked 31st in the FedExCup, but after recording his first PGA TOUR victory, he went on to finish fourth in the final standings.

Tiger Woods is making his fourth start in the Quail Hollow Championship this week, a tournament where he has never finished worse than a tie for 11th. His best finish at the North Carolina gem was a win in 2007.

Flashback: 2003 Quail Hollow Championship
David Toms made it interesting on the 18th hole on his way to winning the inaugural Quail Hollow Championship back in 2003.

Tiger addresses the media
At a pre-tournament press conference at the 2009 Quail Hollow Championship, Tiger Woods discusses the state of his game.

Read more: http://www.pgatour.com/2009/tournaments/r480/04/29/thestarter.firstround/

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