Woods, Mickelson Off to Slow Starts

Tiger Woods, 15, the U.S. Junior Amateur champion from Cypress, shot 78 in the first round of the U.S. Amateur in Chattanooga, Tenn., after flying in Monday night from Colorado Springs, Colo., and getting only four hours sleep.

Woods, who played the tougher Honors Course, is well off the pace of leader Franklin Langham of Thomson, Ga., who shot five-under 65 at the Cleveland Country Club course.

The defending champion and tournament favorite, Phil Mickelson of San Diego, had three bogeys on the front nine and shot 72 on the easier of the two courses.

The field of 312 golfers will shrink to 64 after a second round of stroke play today, then the tournament concludes with seven match-play rounds at The Honors Course.

Bob May, a La Habra resident who finished his eligibility at Oklahoma State this spring, shot 72; Tim Todd of Yorba Linda had 73; John Gilles, a Laguna Beach resident who plays for USC, was at 74; Chris Tidland, a Valencia High graduate who plays for Oklahoma State, shot 75; Scott Schrader of Fountain Valley 78, and Francis Crinella of Costa Mesa 84.