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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Tiger Woods was nine shots out of the lead, not the best position at The Players Championship, especially since he had not even started his round. Perhaps the bigger surprise was the guy who posted the record-tying round Thursday. Roberto Castro had only played the TPC Sawgrass in a practice round. He made a debut he wont soon forget. There was the 9-iron to a foot on the island-green 17th and a 4-iron to about the same tap-in range on the 18th, the hardest hole on the course. He hit a 3-iron to 3 feet for eagle, and twice hit wedge so close he didnt even have to read the putt. When his memorable day was over, Castro had a 9-under 63 and his name in the record book twice. He tied the course record held by Fred Couples and Greg Norman, and his three-shot lead was the largest margin after the opening round at The Players in 21 years. Welcome to Sawgrass. "I hit it close a lot," said Castro, making it sound as easy as it looked. He led over Rory McIlroy, who broke par for the first time in his fourth appearance with five birdies after the turn and conservative play off the tee on the front nine for a bogey-free 66. Zach Johnson also had a 66 while playing in the pristine morning conditions. Woods had to work a little harder in the afternoon. Not only did he spot Castro nine shots, Woods had never broken 70 in the opening round in his 15 previous tries. "It was a day that I felt I had to shoot something in the 60s," Woods said. He ran off four straight birdies around the turn. He was on the cup of his first bogey-free round at The Players until his 8-iron from 200 yards went just over the green and he flubbed his chip. The bogey gave him a 67, a strong effort considering he knew he had a lot of ground to make up before hitting his first shot. "Ive seen that a lot, but not at this golf course," he said. Vijay Singh, playing one day after he sued the PGA Tour for its handling of his doping case, was largely ignored while playing in the group behind Woods. One fan wore felt deer antlers in the bleachers behind the first tee -- Singhs case involved taking deer antler spray -- but only a dozen or so people followed the 50-year-old Fijian on the back nine and it was a quiet day. At one point, Singh let out a hearty laugh walking off the tee with Robert Garrigus and J.J. Henry. His golf wasnt the subject of the laughter. Singh hit into the water on the last hole and made bogey for a 74, leaving him in danger of missing the cut. Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., opened with a 1-under 71. David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., shot an even-par 72. So ended a first round filled with plenty of action -- a record-tying score by a player hardly anyone knows, McIlroy breaking par for the first time at Sawgrass, 17 balls in the water around the island-green 17th and 33 rounds in the 60s. Padraig Harrington followed an eagle with a double bogey. Michael Thompson made a hole-in-one. But it all started with Castro, a 27-year-old who felt like he couldnt miss. "I dont think anyone has figured out what the secret is to this place," Castro said. Woods, Webb Simpson and Ryan Palmer each had a 67, the lowest score from the afternoon. McIlroy also played in the morning, in the same group as Masters champion Adam Scott (69) and Steve Stricker (67). The 24-year-old from Northern Ireland had never made the cut or even broken par at The Players, but McIlroy figured it out on a gorgeous morning by dialing it back off the tee and letting his iron play take over. McIlroy never came seriously close to a bogey, and he didnt hit driver once on the front nine. "When you hit the shots, it seems very simple," McIlroy said. "I had a lot of good shots out there, lot of iron shots that were 12, 15 feet away from the pin and I got myself a lot of looks for birdies. I adopted maybe more of a conservative strategy off the tee this year. But once you put your ball in the fairway that means you can be more aggressive into the greens. So it sort of balances itself out." The Stadium Course has rarely looked so vulnerable with barely a trace of wind and some pins in bowls that allowed for good looks at birdie. Half the 72 players in the morning broke par. But the punishment is never far away, as Scott Stallings discovered. He opened with five straight birdies to get everyones attention, but after going out in 31, Stallings gave most of it back with a bogey, double bogey and a triple bogey on the 16th when he hit two balls into the water. He shot 40 on the back for a 71. "It just goes to show about the golf course and really how volatile it is," Stallings said. Castro hasnt discovered that yet. This was a day when everything went right. He made three birdies early in his round on the back until making his tap-in birdies on the 17th and 18th. Then, he hit 3-iron into 3 feet on the par-5 second hole for an eagle and was 7-under through 11 holes. On the fourth, he hit his approach inside 2 feet for another birdie, and then he hit wedge to 18 inches on the sixth. Castro had a birdie putt just outside 12 feet to break the course record, but missed it. After his eagle on the second hole -- his 11th of the round -- Castro was reminded of a game he plays to try to birdie every other hole. "When I eagled, I was like, Oh, now Im 7 (under) through 11, so thats keeping ahead of that 50 per cent mark. But this is a different golf course," he said. "The golf course is much harder than most of the other times Ive kind of taken that attitude." Couples shot his 63 in 1992 in the third round. Norman opened with a 63 in 1994 when he went on to shatter the tournament record at 24-under 264. Along with joining them in the record book, Castro matched the record set by Billy Ray Brown in 1992 with his three-shot lead after one round. Castro is not well known even in golf circles. His mother grew up in Peru and moved to America as a teenager along with her sister, Jenny Lidback, who played the LPGA Tour. He toiled in the minor leagues for five years after getting his industrial engineering degree at Georgia Tech. Woods wasnt pleased with how he struck the ball, only with where he missed it. Despite missing six greens, he was left with straightforward shots to save par. The only blemish came at the end, when his 56-degree wedge came up heavy into the grain and failed to reach the putting surface. Nike Free Cheap Australia . But by the time the game started, the Toronto Raptors forward felt even worse. And, for three quarters, it showed as Gay shot a woeful three-for-13 from the field. Nike Free Clearance Australia . Catch all the action on TSN2 at 11pm et/8pm pt. 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Middlesex 100 for 1 trail Durham 204 (Rayner 4-17, Franklin 3-26) by 104 runs Scorecard Graham Onions had bowled a spell of high quality, jagging the ball around in the evening sunshine. He had taken one wicket, but Durham were still far behind the match, and the umpires had stubbornly ignored his furious gesticulating when appealing for several lbw shouts. Then, in the fifth-last over of the day, he elicited an edge from Nick Gubbins bat behind. Onions exuberant leap in the air spoke of his joy and relief at claiming another wicket. This, though, would soon give way to howls of despair: Gubbins was spilled by Michael Richardson behind the stumps, and Onions was left punching the air in anger and disbelief.The next delivery, Nick Compton pushed a ball into the off side; Gubbins prematurely hared towards the strikers end, leaving Durham the chance of a run-out. The stumps were missed, and Durhams frustration intensified.In the next over, Chris Rushworth found the edge of Comptons bat. This time Scott Borthwick, at second slip, spilled a hard, low chance. It was Middlesexs third reprieve within five minutes: no howls of Durham anguish this time, only quiet despair that their admirable bowling had earned so little reward.Durhams day had all begun so well. After five consecutive draws at Lords, there is a distinct tinge of green to this Lords pitch. Add in cloud cover, and one fancied Durham to refrain from tossing at all. Instead Paul Collingwood elected to bat, allowing Middlesex to bowl, just as they had intended.Yet initially Collingwood was vindicated. The sight of Ollie Rayner coming on to bowl his offspin at 12 minutes past 12 was testament to the skill with which Durhams openers played - notwithstanding Rayner reprieving Mark Stoneman on 4 at second slop - and how, despite its unusual greenness, there was nothing untoward about this wicket. Perhaps there was a little frustration for Durham in seeing Stonemans efficient flicks of his hips, given his impending departure to Surrey, although at least Keaton Jennings new four-year contract means that Durham will only need to find one new opener in time for next season.On an overcast morning, James Franklin and Rayner made for an unlikely pair of destroyers. But together they turned the game, as Durhams 74 for 0 became 74 for 4 in 17 crushing deliveries. It was the second time in consecutive innings that Middlesex have taken the first four wickets without the addition of a single run.ddddddddddddAlthough he has 82 Test wickets, Franklin now has the air of a reluctant bowler, and considers himself a batting allrounder. At 35, his pace is markedly down on his international days, but he remains a left-armer who swings the ball late enough to imperil batsmen with a relentless line. A surprise short delivery accounted for Stoneman, attempting a rather extravagant pull, and Jennings was then trapped lbw, his forward stride not convincing enough to relieve him. All the while, the dots kept racking up: it took Durham 27 balls to score a single run off Franklin.Such parsimony contributed to the bedlam at the other end. First, Rayner produced a consummate offspinners dismissal, pitching a ball on Borthwicks middle stump, and turning it past his forward defence to uproot his off stump. Rayners exuberant celebrations spoke of his euphoria at removing a prize scalp in such a way. The very next ball, Richardson drove a ball into the offside, and Jake Burnham charged down when no run existed, and was easily defeated. Panic in a cricket team can be infectious.Some zesty lower-order hitting ensured that Durham would at least clear 200, but Rayners return ensured a total that felt a long way short of par. He ended with four wickets, having utterly made amends for his spilled chance; Paul Stirlings athletic pounce at midwicket, to end Mark Woods counterpunching, gave Rayner no reason to chunter at the fielding of his own bowling, and he could revel in first day figures of 4 for 17.Its unheard of, isnt it? he smiled, though he rightly lauded Franklin for Middlesexs fine day. If Middlesex could gripe at their skipper, it was only for his negligence in appealing when Adam Hickey edged behind; happily, his teammates were rather more vociferous in calling for an affirmative response from the umpire.For all the vim with which they bowled in the evening, Durhams mood would not have been improved by seeing Compton, who has scored four centuries against them in his career, survive to the morning. Having got a Lords pitch conducive to a positive result, Middlesex will know the day looms as critical in their aspirations of winning the County Championship. ' ' '