Woods finished on level par 71 during his opening round after shooting three birdies and three bogeys.
Kevin Kisner is the surprise early leader at five under, while Erik van Rooyen, Tony Finau and Zander Lombard trail by one shot.
Defending champion Jordan Spieth starts day two one-over par after struggling with the windy conditions.
British hopeful Rory McIlroy is in a strong position at tied eighth with two under.
But it is Woods who is expected to draw the huge crowds once again and he gets underway at 10.20am.
“There was a lot of doubt about my future, just the standard of living, forget golf,” Woods told Sky Sports after his first round.
“But now I am here playing an Open Championship and I am just glad to be here.
“I was pretty solid all the way around today.
“I controlled it well and the golf curse played quick.”
Friday tee times
06.35 Sam Locke (a), Brandt Snedeker (USA), Cameron Davis (Aus)
06.46 Patton Kizzire (USA), Jonas Blixt (Swe), Charles Howell III (USA)
06.57 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Daniel Berger (USA), Tom Lewis
07.08 Ryan Moore (USA), Alexander Levy (Fra), Byeong-Hun An (Kor)
07.19 Michael Hendry (Nzl), Kelly Kraft (USA), Lee Westwood
07.30 Tommy Fleetwood, Henrik Stenson (Swe), Jimmy Walker (USA)
07.41 Russell Henley (USA), Matthew Fitzpatrick, (a) Jovan Rebula (Rsa)
07.52 Rory McIlroy, Marc Leishman (Aus), Thorbjorn Olesen (Den)
08.03 Alex Noren (Swe), Dustin Johnson (USA), Charley Hoffman (USA)
08.14 Zach Johnson (USA), Adam Scott (Aus), Brendan Steele (USA)
08.25 Justin Thomas (USA), Francesco Molinari (Ita), Branden Grace (Rsa)
08.36 Jason Day (Aus), Shota Akiyoshi (Jpn), Haotong Li (Chn)
08.47 Todd Hamilton (USA), Beau Hossler (USA), Jorge Campillo (Spa)
09.03 Chez Reavie (USA), Ryuko Tokimatsu (Jpn), Michael Kim (USA)
09.14 Kyle Stanley (USA), Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Jens Dantorp (Swe)
09.25 Tom Lehman (USA), Dylan Frittelli (Rsa), Grant Forrest
09.36 Min Chel Choi (Kor), Lucas Herbert (Aus), Jason Kokrak (USA)
09.47 Padraig Harrington, Bubba Watson (USA), Matt Wallace
09.58 Cameron Smith (Aus), Ian Poulter, Brooks Koepka (USA)
10.09 Bryson DeChambeau (USA), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Shubhankar Sharma (Ind)
10.20 Tiger Woods (USA), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Russell Knox
10.31 Ryan Fox (Nzl), Jason Dufner (USA), Keegan Bradley (USA)
10.42 Ryan Armour (USA), Abraham Ancer (Mex), Masahiro Kawamura (Jpn)
10.53 Jazz Janewattananond (Tha), Fabrizio Zanotti (Pry), Jordan Smith
11.04 Brett Rumford (Aus), Masanori Kobayashi (Jpn), Jack Senior
11.15 Thomas Curtis, Matt Jones (Aus), Bronson Burgoon (USA)
11.36 Martin Kaymer (Ger), Sandy Lyle, Andy Sullivan
11.47 Erik Van Rooyen (Rsa), Brady Schnell (USA), Matthew Southgate
11.58 Danny Willett, Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Luke List (USA)
12.09 Danthai Boonma (Tha), Mark Calcavecchia (USA), Shaun Norris (Rsa)
12.20 Kevin Chappell (USA), Oliver Wilson, Eddie Pepperell
12.31 Paul Dunne, Ross Fisher, Austin Cook (USA)
12.42 Patrick Cantlay (USA), Tyrrell Hatton, Shane Lowry
12.53 Thomas Pieters (Bel), Kevin Kisner (USA), Marcus Kinhult (Swe)
13.04 Satoshi Kodaira (Jpn), Phil Mickelson (USA), Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa)
13.15 Brian Harman (USA), Yuta Ikeda (Jpn), Andrew Landry (USA)
13.26 Si Woo Kim (Kor), Webb Simpson (USA), Nicolai Hojgaard (a) (Den)
13.37 Stewart Cink (USA), Brandon Stone (Rsa), Hideto Tanihara (Jpn)
13.48 Yusaku Miyazato (Jpn), Gary Woodland (USA), Sung Kang (Kor)
14.04 Adam Hadwin (Can), Ernie Els (Rsa), Chesson Hadley (USA)
14.15 Pat Perez (USA), Julian Suri (USA), George Coetzee (Rsa)
14.26 Scott Jamieson, David Duval (USA), Kevin Na (USA)
14.37 Darren Clarke, Bernhard Langer (Ger), Retief Goosen (Rsa)
14.48 Matt Kuchar (USA), Anirban Lahiri (Ind), Peter Uihlein (USA)
14.59 Jordan Spieth (USA), Justin Rose, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha)
15.10 Jon Rahm (Spa), Rickie Fowler (USA), Chris Wood
15.21 Paul Casey, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Patrick Reed (USA)
15.32 Tony Finau (USA), Xander Schauffele (USA), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven)
15.43 Alexander Bjork (Swe), Yuxin Lin (a) (Chn), Sang Hyun Park (Kor)
15.54 James Robinson, Haraldur Magnus (Isr), Zander Lombard (Rsa)
16.05 Kodai Ichihara (Jpn), Rhys Enoch, Marcus Armitage
16.16 Sean Crocker (USA), Gavin Green (Mal), Ash Turner