Tiger Woods forever will be a golf legend, arguably the greatest of all time. But he's doing his legacy no favors these days.
Once again, Woods will miss the cut at a major tournament, carding a 6-over 77 in the second round at Royal Troon Golf Club. His 36-hole total is a 14-over 156.
That means for the sixth time in seven majors, Woods has either missed the cut entirely or withdrawn before he had a chance to miss the cut.
"It was Woods' worst score to par after the first two rounds in 23 starts at The Open; his previous worst was 9 over after 36 holes at St. Andrews in Scotland in 2022.
"It was his second-worst score to par after 36 holes in a major — he was 16 over in two rounds at the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay in University Place, Washington, during the only other stretch in his career when he has missed the cut in three straight majors."
In other words, Tiger is no longer growling on the greens.
"Well, it wasn't very good," Woods said. "I made a double there at 2 right out of the hopper when I needed to go the other way. Just was fighting it pretty much all day. I never really hit it close enough to make birdies and consequently made a lot of bogeys."
Woods, 48, has been a class act all the way. He has battled major injuries and like most of us, the wear and tear that comes with age. But it appears his run of anything close to greatness is gone.
"I'd like to have played more, but I just wanted to make sure that I was able to play the major championships this year," Woods said. "I got a lot of time off to get better, to be better physically, which has been the case all year.
"I've gotten better, even though my results really haven't shown it, but physically I've gotten better, which is great. I just need to keep progressing like that and then eventually start playing more competitively and start getting into kind of the competitive flow again."
