Jul 17th, 2009 | 4:10 pm |
Tiger Woods has missed the cut at the British Open in Turnberry, Scotland. Woods had three bogeys and two double bogeys in his second round- shooting a four over par 74. Combining that with a one over par from Thursday, a day in which leader Miguel Angel Jiminez got in at six under. Woods finishes tied for 74th place. The cutline is the first 70 players including ties. The projected cutline is around four over par.
The only other time Woods has missed a cut at a Major Tournament was at the 2006 U.S. Open. The ‘06 U.S. Open was shortly after the death of his father Earl.
“It was just problem after problem,” said Woods, who came into golf’s oldest championship as an overwhelming favorite after winning three times since his return from knee surgery. “I kept compounding my problems out there.”
“I hit some bad tee shots, a couple of bad iron shots, didn’t get it up and down,” Woods said. “I kept making mistake after mistake.”
Three Americans are a top the Open leaderboard heading into the weekend. Steve Marino and Tom Watson share the lead at five under. In third is Mark Calcavecchia at four under.
Other notables who have made the cut:
Vijay Singh -3
Stewart Cink -2
Ernie Els +1
Kenny Perry +3
Mark O’Meara +4
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