FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – Tiger Woods will have his work cut out for him if he wants to get back into contention at the PGA Championship. He’s nine shots behind first-round leader Brooks Koepka after shooting 72 on Thursday. At least Woods will be able to keep one eye on Koepka as he tries to chase him down. They tee off together at 1:49 p.m., along with Francesco Molinari. Woods’ ball-striking was steady in the first round. He made three birdies and an eagle, but also had two three-putts and twice flew greens with short wedge shots. He missed all five putts he faced from 5-10 feet on Thursday. Woods excited the Bethpage fans by playing the first four holes of his back nine in 4 under par. That stretch got him into red figures after he doubled two of his first eight holes. RELATED: Leaderboard | Tee times | Tiger’s up-and-down Round 1 | Rethinking Tiger’s future | Tiger ‘welcomes’ playing in Olympics He undid all that hard work with three bogeys on his next four holes. That included two three-putts and a failed attempt to save par just off the green. He’ll need to clean up those mistakes if he wants to make a run this week. But there were enough positive signs to believe it may be possible. He missed just four fairways while hitting driver on a majority of the holes and hit 12 greens, many of them with long-irons in hand. Stay here for live updates from his round. ROUND 2: TIGER HOLE-BY-HOLE No. 1 (par 4, 430 yards):
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