From tee to green, golf on sand-green courses is just like regular golf.
But more errant play from tee to green saw him finish with a disappointing bogey six for level par 70.
"Although I hit the ball extremely well from tee to green, I missed a bunch of putts, " said the Ryder Cup star.
Sorenstam, 35, who is chasing a fifth win in this event, carded five birdies on the front nine and three more coming in as she played almost perfect golf from tee to green.
"He's the best player I've ever seen tee-to-green, period, " McDowell told the official PGA Tour website.
As ever, tee-to-green efficiency had to be rounded off with a sure touch on the greens and Scott came up with the goods, taking a more-than-respectable 29 putts a time.
It is still possible to pay green fees to tee off at many Vietnamese clubs, and at least one bank has a deal whereby customers can deposit money and get free games at golf courses near the main cities, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
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You can't see the green from the tee and I was just trying to get it on the green.
The players hit identical tee-shots to the edge of the green and, although Garcia is more successful with his attempted putt, both players make par and halve the hole.
If you could get a printout of every thought they have when walking from the green to the next tee, you'd probably find the cause of every bad drive and every good drive right there.
Havret found sand off his tee shot and was forced to lay up short of the green with his second shot, but McIlroy also ended in a greenside bunker with his approach.
If the direction of the wind is favourable then an accurate tee shot enables you to chip a nice low shot into the green.
On the par-three 17th, his first tee shot flew into the water, and although his second stuck to the green he could not make a 30-footer and came away with a double bogey.
He went out to the practice green and leaned on his bag in the minutes before his tee time, mostly watching Woods chip and putt.
At the other end, Vedran Corluka and Modric combined to tee up Defoe but the England striker was denied from close range by the excellent Green.
Els makes the green with his tee-shot and then hits a stunning 30-foot birdie putt to go three up with eight holes to play.
Garcia concedes after landing his tee-shot in the trees and watching Els make the green in two, hitting his second to within 10 feet of the flag.
Sarazen's single hole victory over Percy Alliss came courtesy of a birdie two at the 15th, where his tee shot landed in the lap of a woman spectator and bounced back onto the green as she stood up to shake it off.
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