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Oakville, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Canadian Tour announced eight dates for the 2012 season on Tuesday. The Canadian part of the schedule will kick off with the 30th playing of the Times Colonist Island Savings Open. That will be followed by the ATB Financial Classic and the Syncrude Boreal Open.

The Canadian Tour Championship will be contested at Scarboro Golf and Country Club in Toronto, which is celebrating its centennial in 2012.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rory McIlroy and Robert Karlsson both fired rounds of five-under 67 on Thursday to share the opening- round lead of the Abu Dhabi Championship. Tiger Woods made his 2012 debut and played decently enough with a two-under 70. Woods, who ended his 2011 campaign with an unofficial win at the Chevron World Challenge, his first anywhere in two years, hit the ball well on Thursday, but the flat stick let him down.

Woods hit 10 of 14 fairways and 17 greens in regulation, but needed 35 putts in round one.

Woods, despite a fall in the world rankings to 25th, still made headlines with his season debut, but he was not the only big star to open his season in the Gulf.

Perhaps the biggest surprise of Thursday's first round was the poor performance of the fourth-ranked player in the world.

The German has won this event three times with a runner-up finish in the last four years.

"I feel it suits me really well. Just one problem -- it suits Martin Kaymer even better," said McIlroy.

The reigning U.S. Open champion started on the 10th tee Thursday and went on a great run almost immediately after teeing off. McIlroy ran home a nine-footer for birdie at 11, a 12-footer for birdie at 12 and capped off his run with a three-foot birdie putt at the 13th.

It was not a statistically beautiful round for the world No. 3. He missed eight fairways and six greens in regulation, but he scrambled well and is atop the leaderboard.

Karlsson also began on the 10th tee in round one, but he endured an up-and- down start. He traded two birdies and two bogeys over his first four holes, then parred his next three.

Gareth Maybin, Richard Finch and Jean-Baptiste Gonnet are knotted in third place at four-under 68.

Woods was joined in ninth by a large group highlighted by reigning Masters winner Charl Schwartzel and former British Open champion Paul Lawrie.

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•    Thatt awesome moment when i surprise her with a rose with a birdie in it. she loved it. #priceless

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•    and all was silent in the hundred acre woods.

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•    Wait, Rory just hit it off the golf course, got to drop it 20 yards away with no penalty and now has a birdie putt? #mustbenice

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•    Im finna go ham on every team in the AMC conference Park,Mo Bap,HLG, williams Baptist,william woods,columbia...

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•    Singing "Collard Greens & Cornbread" - Fantasia :)

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•    Niggas blastin music wen ppl tryna sleep<<<<< stupid inconsiderate bastards n tha woods -_______-

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•    Rory McIlroy's performance yesterday was an exhibition of scoring. Certainly not brilliant at times, but he got the most out of his round.

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•    Lil' Wayne- Neck Of The Woods

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•    Congrats Meg Mallon!! Looking forward going into battle against u again! We have had some great once!

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•    My cup my cup.

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•    Ever find it interesting that pro golfers putt better for par than they do for birdie ...

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