Woods not slowing down

Tiger Woods picked up right where he left off last week -- at the top of the leaderboard.

Woods, who won the Buick Invitational on Sunday by 8 strokes, shot a 7-under 65 Thursday to take a 2-shot lead after the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

"I played well today, just a bunch of good golf shots," Woods said after his bogey-free round at the Emirates Golf Club.

Eleven players, including Miguel Angel Jimenez and Abu Dhabi Golf Championship winner Martin Kaymer, were tied for second at 67. Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia and defending champion Henrik Stenson were tied with 10 others another stroke back.

Woods said he played better in Dubai than he did last week at Torrey Pines.

"I had two good days of practice the last couple days and started to hit the ball a lot better than I did last week," said Woods, who won the Dubai tournament in 2006.

Last year, Woods was plagued by poor putting and finished third here.

FBR Open: Charles Warren and Kevin Sutherland shared a 1-stroke lead in front of a record opening-round crowd of 83,657 at FBR Open in Scottsdale, Ariz. Phil Mickelson overcame a pair of early bogeys on par-5 holes and was in a group of 12 players 3 shots back at 3-under 68 on the 7,216-yard desert layout.

Women's Australian Open: Finland's Ursula Wikstrom shot a 3-under 70 in rainy conditions to take a 1-stroke lead in the Women's Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia.