Tiger Woods’ move to the British Open will undoubtedly be short-lived as he failed to react to his poor performance on Thursday and stayed in the depths of the standings on Friday at St Andrews, Scotland.
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It’s a tough end for the 46-year-old golfer, who has won the Claret Jug three times in the past, including twice at St Andrews on a course he loves. Not much worked for the American in the second round and he had to settle for a 75 (+3) card.
Cumulatively, Woods hit the ball 153 times (+9) and fell to 150th place out of 156 athletes. Despite this, he received a standing ovation from adoring fans on the 18th hole before registering par.
His performance at the 16th pennant was fairly representative of his two days in Scotland, ie frustrating. On Thursday, Woods complained about getting unlucky at times, and that’s exactly what happened on the par 4 of 16th. His second shot landed in a bunker off the green. On his next shot, the ball touched the grass at the edge of the pit before returning to its original position.
Still struggling on the fast greens of the Old Course, “The Tiger” suffered a disastrous double bogey, his third of 36 holes.
Woods had his only birdie of the day at the third pennant, but he quickly erased that by bogeying at the fourth and sixth. The rest of his round was marked by some brilliant shots, but also putts that he would certainly like to see again.
Some golfers had not started their round when Woods completed his round, but the cleaver should be set for the par 144 shots. Leading the standings was fellow countryman Dustin Johnson, who played 67 (-5) on Friday. He’s a cumulative -9, level on points with Cameron Smith and Cameron Young, who still have their course to complete.