Tiger Woods insists a 15th Major Championship is still in reach despite a horror double bogey finish to his round on day one of the 95th PGA Championship at Oak Hill.

Woods was cruising at two under par after just six holes before eventually signing for a one over 71 in increasinly hot and humid conditions in suburban Oak Hill.

Tiger Woods has his hand out still for a 15th Major after doubling the last in a 71. (Photo – Eoin Clarke/www.golffile.ie)

It left the current World No. 1 trailing six shots behind 2008 and fellow US Open champion, Jim Furyk who held the clubhouse lead on five under par following a round of 70.

“I’m still right there,” said Woods, who won his eighth Bridgestone Invitational by seven shots on Sunday.

“As of right now I’m only six back and we have got a long way to go.

“I played really well today. The round realistically could have been under par easily.”

Woods certainly looked like being three under when he hit his approach to the second to three feet, but his birdie attempt never even touched the hole.

“It was a tricky little putt,” said Woods, whose group were being timed for possilbe slow play at that stage.

“Probably should have taken a little bit longer but we were on the clock and had to get going, but I ended up blocking the putt anyways down the hill.

“We were put on the clock on the first hole so we had to get going and try to close up the gap. It would have been nice to take a little bit longer on that putt.

“Looking from behind the ball it looked like it was going to snap (turn sharply). Looking from behind the hole, it looked like it wasn’t going to snap. I ended up playing it somewhere in between and then blocked it.

“We have to be conscious of it (being timed), but we play just about every week like that. We have a lot of people following us and a lot of cameras going off and movement inside the galleries. We have a tendency of having that happen and we’re accustomed to it. It happens.”