Tiger Woods misses the cut at 2024 PGA Championship

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Tiger Woods shot a 6-over 77 in the second round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club on Friday, ending his 11th straight round of under par in a major tournament, and returned to action over the weekend. I’m planning to return home. .

With a 36-hole total of 7-over 149, Woods was well above the expected cut line of 1-under 141. He has missed the cut 10 times and withdrawn twice in his past 22 starts in the majors.

Still, the 15-time major champion said he has grown stronger since injuries sustained in a car accident in February 2021 and believes his game will improve.

Woods, 48, said he plans to play in his next major, the U.S. Open, June 13-16 at No. 2 Pinehurst, North Carolina.

“I think it will happen eventually,” Woods said of the possibility of his game improving. “I need to play more. Unfortunately, I haven’t played that many tournaments and I don’t have that many tournaments in my schedule. Hopefully, I can somehow put it all together in my practice sessions at home. I hope we’re ready.” Pinehurst. ”

The round couldn’t have started worse for Woods. Woods made par on the first hole but missed the par-4 second hole. Woods dropped his drive into the left rough, then hit his second shot into the rough and his third into a bunker. He then scalped his shot over the green and into another bunker, chipping out 20 1/2 feet and two-putting for triple bogey.

After a three-putt bogey on the par-3 third, Woods made his second triple bogey in three holes on the short par-4 fourth. He was just 75 yards from the hole after his drive, but didn’t reach the green until his fifth shot. He went into a bunker on his third shot and couldn’t get out of the sand on his fourth. He hit the ball from 11.5 feet and two-putted. Woods was 7 over after four holes of the round.

It was the first time Woods had multiple triple bogeys in the 1,344th round of his PGA Tour career, according to ESPN Stats and Information research.

On Friday, Woods hit a triple bogey on the sixth hole of the third round of the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in his 22nd previous PGA Championship appearance. It happened only once.

“Well, I had a bad start and got caught in the rough at two,” Woods said. “There’s no sand in the bunker either. I just made a mistake there. I compounded the problem with No. 4. I kept making mistakes and things I shouldn’t do, not just in tournaments, but especially in majors. And I just made a mistake. I kept hanging around all day, but unfortunately the damage was done quickly. ”

After that debacle, Woods settled for card par on the next two holes. He chipped to 8 feet on the par-5 seventh and made the birdie putt. The highlight of the round was when he almost hit an ace on the par-3 eighth. His ball stopped 4 inches from the cup, allowing him to make another birdie and bring him back to 5 over.

However, Woods’ momentum quickly stalled after consecutive bogeys on the 11th and 12th holes.

Woods, who suffered significant damage early in the round, finished the final 14 holes at 1 under. On the par-5 18th, he hit his approach shot to the fan and made a birdie. He chipped from 98 feet of rough to 4 feet and made the putt.

“I’m just going to keep fighting,” Woods said. “Keep putting the pedal to the metal, keep fighting, keep grinding, keep working hard to get the best score I can get today. That’s all I can do. It’s going to be tough, but I’m going to fight to the end.” ”

Woods wasn’t the only star player to return home after 36 holes. Current U.S. Open champion Windham Clark (4 over), Phil Mickelson (4 over), Adam Scott (3 over), Sam Burns (3 over), Matt Fitzpatrick (even), Jon Rahm ( He became Ludwig Oberg (Even). It is also predicted that he will miss the cut.