Woods is using the CA Championship as his final tune up ahead of next month's Masters

World number one Woods, a winner in 14 of 25 World Golf Championships events, is aiming to extend his worldwide winning streak to eight events with a sixth consecutive USPGA triumph in his final hit out before next month's Masters.
 
"I didn't really do anything all that special today," said Woods.

"I hung in there and took care of the par-5s and made a couple other birdies but all in all I just ground it out.

"I wasn't hitting the ball all that poorly. I was hitting it in the right spots and just didn't make any putts until 15 and 16."

A birdie at the par-5 first hole gave Woods a solid start and he followed that with another at the third. After making bogey at the seventh, Woods answered with a birdie at the par-5 eighth to make the turn two-under.

Woods began the back nine with a birdie, then added back-to-back  birdies at 14 and the par-3 15th and another at the par-4 17th,  giving him a chance to claim a share of the lead if he could birdie the 18th.

However the concluding 467-yard, par-4 layout at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa, known as the Blue Monster, was ranked the hardest hole on the entire US PGA Tour last season, including every major tournament.

Ogilvy goes bogey free

Woods's bogey on 18 put him level with world number two Phil Mickelson, Denmark's Anders Hansen, and Aussies Adam Scott and Nick O'Hern.

Ogilvy, who had a bogey-free round, birdied the first four odd-numbered holes and added another at the eighth to stand five-under at the turn, then added another at the 12th and conquered the 18th for a final birdie.

"I played well, gave myself a lot of chances and I made those chances," Ogilvy said.

Jimenez started with an eagle and birdied four of the last five holes, including the 18th, to seize a share of the lead.

"I played well and holed some four-five footers for birdie," said the 44-year-old from Malaga.

"When you're hitting it well and holing some putts, you expect to shoot 65."

Woods, 32, has 64 career titles, level with Ben Hogan for third on the all-time list behind Sam Snead's 82 and Jack Nicklaus with 73, and 13 major crowns, five shy of the record held by Nicklaus.

Woods, whose longest career PGA run is seven triumphs in a row, could threaten the PGA record win streak of 11 set by Byron Nelson in 1945 with victory at the $8 million event and next month at Augusta National.

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