Tiger Woods opens final round of Masters playing wrong hole

Charlie Riedel / AP

Tiger Woods takes his second shot on the ninth hole from the first fairway during the first round of the Masters golf tournament Thursday, April 9, 2015, in Augusta, Ga. On Sunday, Woods’ tee shot from the first hole wound up in the ninth fairway.

By Paul Newberry, AP National Writer

Sunday, April 12, 2015 | 11:53 a.m.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods started the final round of the Masters by playing the wrong hole.

Woods yanked his tee shot into the adjacent ninth fairway Sunday.

He was able to hit an approach over the trees to the fringe of the green and salvaged par.

Rory McIlroy, playing with Woods in the third group from end, also opened with a par.

Both McIlroy and Woods started the day 10 shots behind the leader, Jordan Spieth.