That nearly certainly won’t happen at Whistling Straits, where Woods was at 4 over, tied for 89th, with five holes to play when a storm hit Friday afternoon and suspended the second round.
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Woods is playing in just his 10th tournament of the year, having missed three cuts and withdrawn from another event. We watch for moments, waiting to grab hold of anything so, one day, we can say we witnessed the greatest golfer who ever lived do something you wouldn’t believe.
The Greensboro, N.C., event would offer Woods a long-shot chance of qualifying for the FedEx Cup playoffs. He must finish first or second to qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs, which begin with The Barclays in two weeks.
Tiger Woods made another early exit from a major championship on Saturday and had no idea where he was headed.
“A lot of people fell away when he got in the hunt”. Word has missed the cut in his last three Major appearances as he continues the most brutal stretch of his career.
When he was forced to play from the carpet of a hospitality suite after a wayward tee-shot on nine, clearing tables, bar stools and spectators out of the way to take his second stroke, it looked as if his lack of experience at the sharp end of major tournaments was beginning to tell.
But an ugly double bogey on 15 brought about by a woeful bunker shot spoiled much of the Australian’s good work in his quest for a first major title. In his previous start, at the Quicken Loans National, Woods putted well.
No. 11 _ Another errant drive into the rough leaves Woods chopping it out only about 60 yards, but he puts his third on the par-5 to 18 feet for yet another birdie opportunity. “I just never had the speed right“. “It’s been one or the other“, Woods said.
“Even if I dumped the ball in the center of the green or I had some makeable putts straight up the gut, they were still off”, he said.
A relaxed and smiling Woods showed no sign of the gloom which has enveloped his game this year when he played a pro-am on Wednesday alongside Los Angeles Clippers National Basketball Association star Chris Paul.
“The confidence is growing quickly”, Woods said.
“That’s the fun part”, he said. “I hit too many balls and neglected my chipping, because I thought that was sound again”, he added. To have the control that I need to have going forward, it’s starting to come back. Or maybe you want to see if Phil Mickelson has a little magic left? That is why his 6-under 66 Saturday mattered.
“Lines”, “swing patterns”, and “deactivate” have become Tiger-speak of late as he’s come up with explanations as to why he’s been struggling with this most recent swing change.
So here’s a guy who is 22, already a major champion twice over, a millionaire, and he’s kind of hell-bent. Anything short of a victory in either of those events and he will have to rely on being a discretionary pick by the team captain, Jay Haas.
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“U nfortunately, I’m missing out on…potentially missing out on the play-offs. To be able to do those type of things…that to me is what life’s all about”.
