Tiger In Danger Of Missing Cut At PGA Championship; McIlroy Starts Strong
The divide just keeps growing. There's Rory McIlroy, looking like the man to beat at Valhalla. Then there's Tiger Woods, now most concerned with making it to the weekend.
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The divide just keeps growing. There's Rory McIlroy, looking like the man to beat at Valhalla. Then there's Tiger Woods, now most concerned with making it to the weekend.
"I hit a lot of bad shots and I never got a putt to the hole," admitted Tiger. "I had plenty of looks to turn my round around and then post something even par, even under par."
Looking much like a guy playing just his 11th competitive round since back surgery, Woods was spraying shots all over Valhalla on Thursday.
Tiger finally arrived at Valhalla on Wednesday, after three days of speculation about whether his ailing back would allow him to compete in the final major of the year.
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Joe LaCava was at Valhalla. So was his car, a silver SUV parked in the spot assigned to the four-time PGA champion. As for Woods? Stay tuned.
Tiger was at Firestone, and the scene looked all too familiar. Except he wasn't hoisting a trophy. He could barely bend over to pick up his tee.
With a stunning display down the stretch, including a pair of eagles, Rory McIlroy put a stranglehold on his third major championship by shooting a 4-under 68 Saturday, sending him to the final round of the British Open with a daunting six-shot edge.
Rory McIlroy cast aside any talk of those second-round doldrums with a performance at Royal Liverpool that threatened to turn this into another major championship runaway.
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After a shaky start to the British Open, Woods ripped through Royal Liverpool on Thursday much like he did eight years ago, when he won the claret jug for the third time.
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Tiger Woods missed a 36-hole cut for only the 10th time on the PGA Tour with a game that showed signs of rust from being out of competition for more than three months.
Tiger Woods was back on the PGA Tour for the first time in more than three months Thursday and said he felt "fantastic." He was talking about his back, not his game.
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Tiger Woods is on the sidelines. The last two dozen majors have been divvied up among 21 winners. Good luck making sense of it all with the Masters beginning Thursday.
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