Open Shocker: Tiger Woods Misses Cut
Pre-championship favourite to win his fourth Open title, Tiger Woods, is out of the Championship.
Another uncharacteristically wayward round as the wind picked up over the Turnberry links led to a score of 74 and a half-way total of five over par, one shot beyond the projected 36-hole cut. It would be only the second time that he had failed to play the final 36 holes in a major. The other was in 2006 when, shortly after the death of his father, he missed the last two days of the US Open.
At seven over par with three holes to play he looked dead and buried, before birdies at the 16th and 17th holes heightened his chances. But one more birdie at the final hole was a necessity if he was to be sure of his place on Saturday morning.
His second shot to the final hole ran just through the back right edge of the green and his make-or-break pitch pulled up three agonising feet short of the hole.
Another uncharacteristically wayward round as the wind picked up over the Turnberry links led to a score of 74 and a half-way total of five over par, one shot beyond the projected 36-hole cut. It would be only the second time that he had failed to play the final 36 holes in a major. The other was in 2006 when, shortly after the death of his father, he missed the last two days of the US Open.
At seven over par with three holes to play he looked dead and buried, before birdies at the 16th and 17th holes heightened his chances. But one more birdie at the final hole was a necessity if he was to be sure of his place on Saturday morning.
His second shot to the final hole ran just through the back right edge of the green and his make-or-break pitch pulled up three agonising feet short of the hole.
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