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Woods returns to action


Tiger Woods has played a practice round at Torrey Pines ahead of next week's US Open, according to press reports.

The world number one, who underwent knee surgery following The Masters in April, played 17 holes on Wednesday before picking up his ball about 100 yards from the 18th green after seeing that a group of people had begun to gather.

Woods began his round at 8am local time and played for three hours 15 minutes under tight security. No media or spectators were allowed on the South Course at the time Woods was playing.

Woods won his sixth Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines in January, but despite that success he wanted to check out the layout for the second major of the season.

The first round of the US Open gets under way on June 12.

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