Tiger Woods doesn’t look particularly intimidated since he grabs share of Excursion Championship lead.

Over a day that simply could not need been better for golf -- azure skies, temperatures in the seventies, greens as welcoming as the mother at Thanksgiving -- Padraig harrington posted an opening-round 66, some under par, to hold a share with the lead with Justin Rose. In addition to Rory McIlroy, he of this intimidating game? Well, he's three strokes back after playing alongside Woods within the day's final group. Other notables: Phil Mickelson matched McIlroy and will also be his playing partner on Friday. Brandt Snedeker bested both of which by a stroke and rests tied for sixth. And Computer chip Watney? Uh... he's ranked thirtieth, a. k. a. DFL. This was the amount of day that you didn't want to leave strokes on the training, because nobody else was. The greens were "perfect, " inside Woods' words, and throughout the morning roars echoed around the course within the faint but unmistakable style regarding another little Georgia course. "It had been playing so hot, " Forest said, "the ball was soaring forever. " Woods has a good amount of success at East Lake; inside his last Tour Championships, he's got a win and three runner-up finishes. This marks the 27th period he's led or shared the lead following your first round; he would embark on to win 13 of those people tournaments. Oh yea, and as for those challenges with McIlroy? Woods is now 6-2 from the kid. And as Woods himself noted in a very rare moment of candor, those head-to-head battles can also get into his head: "I've [lost track of the field] maybe once or twice playing against Phil in the final group, and we've gotten run over, " he said. "We were playing against the other person and some guy gets off with a start, and we're 7‑under as a result of 10, and next thing you know we're several back. It's happened a couple instances where we just didn't have the leaderboards, so we don't really know what's going on. We're playing against each other. Next thing you know, you get through nine, and you glance at the leaderboard, and it's like, 'hello. Now we've got to begin. '" If Woods and McIlroy get paired together about the final day, expect both guys to pay a good amount of attention with $10 million at stake. Yes, it's a long way to Sunday, but this first round goes to the old guy.