Tiger Woods missed the cut at the PGA Championship yesterday, his third straight missed cut in a major reinforcing the notion that the 14-time major champion’s star is on the wane.
Woods had already missed backto-back cuts in grand slam events for the first time in his career when he flopped at the US and British Opens.
“It’s frustrating to miss any cuts because any time you miss a cut, you don’t have a chance to win the event,” said Woods, who has slumped to 278th in the world.
“Even if you’re way out of it — we saw Paul Lawrie come back from 10 shots in one day,” he recalled of the Scot’s stunning 1999 British Open triumph.
“But you have to give yourself that opportunity, and I haven’t given myself that opportunity in the last few majors,” added 14-time major champion Woods.
Woods, one of 57 players who had to complete the second round yesterday because of a late thunderstorm the day before, carded a one-over-par 73 for a four-over total of 148 — two strokes outside the cut and 15 off the 36-hole lead of Australian journeyman Matt Jones.
“Well, I hit it good enough to be where I needed to be, but I putted awful,” said Woods, who had five holes remaining when play resumed and played them even with a bogey and a birdie.
“I finally figured something out today on the putting green, but the damage had already been done,” added Woods, who shot a threeover 75 in the opening round.
Woods had indicated that without a solid showing here to boost his bid to qualify for the US PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup play-offs, his US season was likely over.
Although he didn’t rule out a start in the US PGA Tour’s Wyndham Cup, he sounded yesterday as if he was already turning his attention overseas.
“I guess [my] PGA Tour season may be coming to a close, but I’ve still got plenty of golf to play around the world,” he said.
Tiger Woods missed the cut at the PGA Championship yesterday, his third straight missed cut in a major reinforcing the notion that the 14-time major champion’s star is on the wane.Woods had already missed backto-back cuts in grand slam events for the first time in his career when he flopped at the US and British Opens.“It’s frustrating to miss any cuts because any time you miss a cut, you don’t have a chance to win the event,” said Woods, who has slumped to 278th in the world.“Even if you’re way out of it — we saw Paul Lawrie come back from 10 shots in one day,” he recalled of the Scot’s stunning 1999 British Open triumph.“But you have to give yourself that opportunity, and I haven’t given myself that opportunity in the last few majors,” added 14-time major champion Woods.Woods, one of 57 players who had to complete the second round yesterday because of a late thunderstorm the day before, carded a one-over-par 73 for a four-over total of 148 — two strokes outside the cut and 15 off the 36-hole lead of Australian journeyman Matt Jones.“Well, I hit it good enough to be where I needed to be, but I putted awful,” said Woods, who had five holes remaining when play resumed and played them even with a bogey and a birdie.“I finally figured something out today on the putting green, but the damage had already been done,” added Woods, who shot a threeover 75 in the opening round.Woods had indicated that without a solid showing here to boost his bid to qualify for the US PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup play-offs, his US season was likely over.Although he didn’t rule out a start in the US PGA Tour’s Wyndham Cup, he sounded yesterday as if he was already turning his attention overseas.“I guess [my] PGA Tour season may be coming to a close, but I’ve still got plenty of golf to play around the world,” he said.
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