Justin Rose leads by two shots after first day of Arnold Palmer

Justin Rose started out as another player in Tiger Woods’ group Thursday at Bay Hill.

Rose put on a show with the putter and ran off four straight birdies late in his round for a 7-under 65, giving him a two-shot lead after the opening round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Rose and Woods played in the morning, the tougher side of the draw because of chilly temperatures and a strong breeze.

Both made eagle from inside 15 feet — Woods hit a 9-iron for a second shot on a hole that was playing downwind — but that’s where their fortunes changed.

Woods came up short in a bunker, hit a poor shot and took bogey on the 17th.

Rose doubled his lead over Woods on the par-3 seventh with a 12-foot birdie putt, and Woods came up short in the bunker and failed to save par.

Woods played the played the par 5s in 5 under, bringing his career total at Bay Hill to 118 under par.

British Open champion Ernie Els played with Rose and Woods and disappeared quickly.

For all his birdies, it was crucial for Rose not to drop any shots after an early bogey on the 11th, and he did that with par saves on the 14th and 15th.

Woods was tied for the lead briefly after his eagle on the 16th, only to make bogey from the bunker on the 17th and another bogey on the 18th when he hit a good pitch from short of the green to 6 feet and missed the putt.