Golf: Tiger misses cut at the Open Championship

Tiger Woods missed the cut at The Open Championship by five strokes after posting a two-day total of 6-over par. Woods was mostly out of the tournament after shooting a first-round 78, his worst round in a major championship since carding an 81 at the 2002 Open.

After his dramatic win at the Masters in April, Tiger Woods failed to capture that Augusta magic over the remainder of the season, including his lackluster performance at Royal Portrush, home to the 2019 Open.

Woods warned the media that his game wasn’t close to being ready in the days leading up the 148th Open Championship. “(My game is) not quite as sharp as I’d like to have it right now,” Woods said after a practice round

On Thursday, Woods struggled early, posting a front-nine 41. After making par on each of the first four holes, Woods went 4-over on the next three holes, including a tough double-bogey at the par-3 6th. Woods had trouble in all facets of the game during this horrible stretch. He missed fairways, skulled chips and chunked a relatively easy flop shot.

On the back nine, Woods bogeyed the 10th and 14th to push his score to 6-over. His lone birdie came next on the par-4 15th as Tiger needed a long putt to fall to card his first three of the day. As the ball fell into the hole, Woods threw his arms up and smiled, acknowledging the day was not going well.

After a series of pars, Woods bogeyed the final hole for a score of 78 on the day. Woods’ round of 7-over was one of his worst rounds ever in a major championship.

Woods was facing an uphill climb to make the cut as he teed up to start his Friday at The Open Championship.

Tiger’s second round started well as the golfer birdied the first hole. Then, after four straight pars, Woods added another birdie on the par-3 6th hole. But his strong start was derailed as Woods failed to make a par putt on the 7th hole, carding a rally-killing bogey.

 

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