<p> <br /><br />Jeev, playing his first tournament after being laid low by a rib injury for three weeks, sank in three birdies against an equal number of bogeys at the Firestone Country Club.<br /><br />The seasoned Indian picked up a birdie on the second hole but was pulled back by a bogey on the very next hole. He gained a shot on the sixth to make the turn one-under.<br /><br />His backward journey also started well with a birdie on the 10th but bogeys on the 11th and 18th holes prevented him from breaking par on the opening day.<br /><br />Irishman Padraig Harrington opened a two-stroke lead at the top after carding a flawless six-under 64. "I'm very happy," Harrington, 37, said after posting his lowest score of the year. "It was nice to shoot a score that probably was even slightly ahead of how I played. <br /><br />"I haven't been doing that too often this year. I had plenty of birdie chances where I holed a couple of putts that really turned a 67 into a 64.”<br /><br />Thai Prayad Marksaeng, South African Tim Clark and American Scott Verplank shared the second spot.<br /><br />World number one Tiger Woods and Spaniard Sergio Garcia were tied for the eighth spot after turning in identical 68s.</p>
<p> <br /><br />Jeev, playing his first tournament after being laid low by a rib injury for three weeks, sank in three birdies against an equal number of bogeys at the Firestone Country Club.<br /><br />The seasoned Indian picked up a birdie on the second hole but was pulled back by a bogey on the very next hole. He gained a shot on the sixth to make the turn one-under.<br /><br />His backward journey also started well with a birdie on the 10th but bogeys on the 11th and 18th holes prevented him from breaking par on the opening day.<br /><br />Irishman Padraig Harrington opened a two-stroke lead at the top after carding a flawless six-under 64. "I'm very happy," Harrington, 37, said after posting his lowest score of the year. "It was nice to shoot a score that probably was even slightly ahead of how I played. <br /><br />"I haven't been doing that too often this year. I had plenty of birdie chances where I holed a couple of putts that really turned a 67 into a 64.”<br /><br />Thai Prayad Marksaeng, South African Tim Clark and American Scott Verplank shared the second spot.<br /><br />World number one Tiger Woods and Spaniard Sergio Garcia were tied for the eighth spot after turning in identical 68s.</p>