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Unexpected Tiger Woods Broadly Clared 2025 season decision just days after news of mother’s passing

Tiger Woods’ return to the PGA Tour has been locked in.

Tournament organisers at the Genesis Invitational confirmed the 15-time major winner will form part of the field on February 13.

It marks Woods’ first PGA Tour event since the Open last July, where he sadly missed the cut.

Tiger Woods spent further time away from the fairways following the Open after undergoing surgery on his lower back last September.

He returned to action in December at the PNC Championship, an event not part of the PGA Tour, where he played alongside his 15-year-old son Charlie.

Woods was also involved in two matches at his new venture, TGL, where he is part of the Jupiter Links GC team.

The 49-year-old went on to make history for all the wrong reasons at the hi-tech, indoor golf league as he became the first player to commit a shot clock violation.

This year’s edition of the Genesis Invitational marks the first time since 1998 it has not been held at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, a neighbourhood in Los Angeles.

Due to the devastating fires in the area, organisers had to move the event down south to the Torrey Pines course in San Diego.

It is a course Woods is extremely familiar with thanks to a number of previous successes.

His seven victories at the Farmers Insurance Open all took place at Torrey Pines, as did his U.S. Open triumph in 1998.

The Genesis Invitational remains one of the few tournaments Woods has never won throughout his career.

It would take something special for him to end that at Torrey Pines given his on-course struggles following a horrific vehicle accident in February 2021.

News of Woods’ return to the PGA Tour comes three days after the passing of his mother, Kultida.

He shared the devastating news with a heartbreaking tribute on social media.

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Woods wrote: “It is with heartfelt sadness that I want to share that my dear mother, Kultida Woods, passed away early this morning.

“She was quick with the needle and a laugh. She was my biggest fan, greatest supporter, without her none of my personal achievements would have been possible.

“She was loved by so many, but especially by her two grandchildren, Sam and Charlie. Thank you all for your support, prayers and privacy at this difficult time for me and my family. Love you Mom.”

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Scottie Scheffler Falls Way Short of Tiger Woods as PGA Tour Peers Downplay His 2024 Success…

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There was never a doubt in anyone’s mind that Tiger Woods had the best seasons when he had multiple victories. However, with Scottie Scheffler, things are different. The 27-year-old emerged victorious in six events, including the Masters, and won a gold medal at the Olympics as well. Notably, the five events were also all elevated, including four signature events and the PLAYERS Championship.

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On the other hand, his competitor and the man Scheffler has been getting compared to, Xander Schauffele, carded only two wins this season. Albeit both were majors, once at the PGA Championship and then at the 152nd Open in Royal Troon. Despite breaking one of Tiger Woods’s records, and getting near his level, Scheffler’s popularity among the PGA Tour pros hints that he needs more to stand tall with Woods.

Scottie Scheffler becomes the second option for PGA Tour pros

It’s hard to argue whose season was the best when two of the best golfers are against each other. On one hand, Scottie Scheffler has been dominant in comparatively every event, whereas on the other, Xander Schauffele took on two out of the four majors. The question remains a puzzle, yet most of the PGA Tour pros chose Schauffele.

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At the BMW Championship in Castle Pines GC, the question of whose season you would choose was a popular one at the press conference. When Viktor Hovland was posed with it, he commended Scheffler’s run and said he had a better season compared to anyone at this point. However, he was still more inclined towards Schauffele. The Norwegian pro said, “I think in like 20 years back — 20 years in the future, looking back at the year, I think I’d rather have won two majors, just personally.” 

And Hovland was not alone in doing so. The 13-time PGA Tour winner Jason Day also expressed that he would rather have Schauffele’s season than that of world no. 1. The Australian pro praised Scheffler and said that he had a tremendous and phenomenal year, which will probably make him the Player of the Year. However, the 2-time major winner surpassed here too. Day said, “Even though Xander has won two majors, I would probably go more towards the majors just because I want to add more majors to my career.” 

 

Furthermore, Justin Thomas also joined in to share that he woTiger woodsuld also choose Xander Schauffele’s season over Scheffler’s, prompting the same reason as others. While many opted for the world no. 2’s 2024 season, all was not lost for the world no. 1 as two of his PGA Tour comrades came in to support him.

Who has chosen Scottie Scheffler’s 2024 season?

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Charlie Woods wins South Florida PGA Junior Cup, one of the PGA Junior Tour’s eight majors

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Charlie Woods and Eva Lye won their respective divisions at the 2024 South Florida PGA Junior Cup.

Contested at the BallenIsles Country Club’s newly renovated East Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, the event is simply known as “The Cup” and is one of the eight junior majors on the South Florida PGA Junior Tour.

READ MORE:Charlie Woods struggles in U.S. Junior Amateur debut but still puts on show

Woods beat out 62 other junior boys golfers, while Lye bested a field of 25 girls. Woods was the only golfer in his division to finish under par after shooting scores of 73-68-73.

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“I feel like it was a compilation of a lot of hard work this summer,” Woods told the PGA of America. “I wanted to redeem myself, and I feel great about how I played.”

Two weeks ago, Woods came up short of advancing to the match-play portion of the U.S. Junior Amateur. Only the top 64 earned a spot in that bracket.

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“I wanted it so bad,” he said of his junior title. “I felt focused, and I knew what I had to do to get it done. I wanted to prove to myself that I could do better.”

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As for Lye, she never led until the very end, posting a 1-under 71 to nudge past Abigail Sheldon.

“I didn’t want to give up even though I had a bad day yesterday,” said Lye of her second round 77.

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Lye is the daughter of former PGA Tour player Mark Lye, 71, who won one PGA Tour event.

BallenIsles hosted the 1971 PGA Championship.

 

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Tiger Woods had controversial reason for sacking his ludicrously rich golf caddie

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Steve Williams became one of the most recognisable caddies in the history of golf during his time with Woods, before being sacked by the 15-time major winner.

Steve Williams, who was Tiger Woods’ caddie during the peak of his success, was famously dismissed for temporarily switching to another player. The Kiwi golfing caddie supported Woods on various challenging courses around the globe between 1999 and 2011, a pivotal aid to Woods’s remarkable collection of 15 major career victories and record 82 PGA Tour titles – nine more than golfing titan Jack Nicklaus.

READ MORE:Tiger Woods’ son, Charlie, misses cut at US Junior Amateur after shooting 82-80 at Oakland Hills

Thanks to this unparalleled run of victories, Williams accumulated an estimated net worth of £15.7million ($20m), chiefly due to his wage packet and a fraction of Woods’ competition earnings. With Williams accompanying him, Woods clinched 64 of his tour triumphs, 13 of his 15 majors, bagged the Tour Player of the Year award nine times, and secured a lofty 281-week tenure as World No. 1 from June 2005 to October 2010.

Tiger Woods Parts Ways With Caddie Steve Williams

However, this prosperous period ended abruptly for Williams, who has previously divulged why Woods relieved him of his duties. In a 2021 documentary on Woods, Williams said: “After the Masters, Tiger took a little bit of a break away from the game just to get his mind fresh as well as to deal with some niggling injuries. As a caddie of Tiger Woods and a great friend of his, I wanted to deeply respect what he was going through but I still didn’t know when he would be playing again.”

He went on: “I was just expecting a phone call at any moment to say ‘I’m playing again next week, get your s*** together and get over here’. There was a lot of uncertainty. So when a friend I had caddied for before called me and asked me if I could caddie for him, I ran that by Tiger and he said absolutely no problem.”

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However, the circumstances soon changed with Woods taking a U-turn, allegedly having someone call Williams to announce that the caddie’s professional services would be terminated if he went ahead to serve another player. Recalling the event, Williams said: “But a couple of days before the tournament, Tiger changed his mind.

“He had his agent call and he said ‘If you go and caddie for your friend, that will be the end of your time caddying for Tiger’. I thought there was no way the guy is going to fire me. But a couple of days after the tournament I got the phone call to say our time had ended. I believe in my own heart I gave 100 per cent when I was caddying for Tiger the entire time I was with him and for him to fire me over that kind of thing. I found that pretty unusual.”

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It was Adam Scott that Williams was serving at the 2011 US Open as an interim during Woods’ absence, but the caddie believes he lost more than just a professional relationship in that tournament. He added: “When he fired me, I thought he was firing me as a golf caddie and not as a friend.

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“Tiger was the best man at my wedding, I didn’t think we’d have no communication for the rest of our lives. That just didn’t even enter my mind. To this day I find that a hard pill to swallow. Someone you spend 13 years with, with all your time and all your effort, and the guy can’t even speak to you.”

After the split, Williams worked with Scott until 2017 before briefly caddying for Jason Day in 2019. He joined forces with Scott again between 2022 and 2023. Meanwhile, Woods hasn’t clinched a major title since his 2019 Master victory.

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Tiger Woods’ son, Charlie, misses cut at US Junior Amateur after shooting 82-80 at Oakland Hills

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BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Tiger Woods watched his son, Charlie, shoot a 10-over 80 on Tuesday and miss the cut at 22 over through two rounds at the U.S. Junior Amateur.

The 15-year-old Woods, who earned a spot in the 264-player field last month, finished near the bottom of the pack.

READ MORE:Charlie Woods struggles in U.S. Junior Amateur debut but still puts on show

The top 64 players advance to match play, which begins Wednesday. The 36-hole championship match is Saturday.

Woods did fare better on the Oakland Hills South Course, which Ben Hogan dubbed “The Monster,” than he did with an opening 12-over 82 on the North Course.

WATCH: Charlie Woods makes a near-perfect shot at the US Junior Amateur practice

Woods got off to a solid start on Day 2, handling the challenge of teeing off in front of about 500 people standing between him and steel girders that will be part of a new clubhouse.

His game, and the clubhouse, are under construction.

Woods was 1 over through four holes when a storm stopped play for more than an hour.

When play resumed, he closed the front nine by playing five holes in 8 over, including a triple bogey on the par-4 18th, where he had two pitches land on an elevated green only to roll back down the hill. He finally got his fifth shot to stay on the green.

The junior amateur usually draws a few hundred fans toward the end of the six-day tournament, but Charlie and his famous father attracted a relatively large crowd.

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Tiger was surrounded by more people, including police officers, protecting him than were following most of the other groups on the course.

He had his own gallery, which included fans taking photos of themselves with one of golf’s all-time greats in the background.

Hundreds of people walked behind Charlie on the fairway, and completely circled the 10th green, his first hole of the day.

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Charlie, who will soon start his sophomore year of high school in Florida, played his way into the tournament with many of world’s top juniors by shooting a 1-under 71 to win his qualifier.

Tiger, who was 14 when he qualified for his first U.S. Junior, became the only player to win the tournament three times in a row in the early 1990s.

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He joined his son in suburban Detroit this week after matching his highest 36-hole score as a professional at the British Open, missing the cut for the third straight time in a major.

Tiger wore shorts, exposing his legs that were battered in a car crash three years ago, and was mostly expressionless whether his son hit an excellent or poor shot.

 

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Charlie Woods struggles in U.S. Junior Amateur debut but still puts on show

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Playing golf in a fishbowl isn’t easy.

Ask Tiger Woods.

“You get so much attention,” he once said. “It’s really hard.”

Woods was 15 when he shared that insight. The year was 1991, and he was an ascendant junior talent the likes of which the game had rarely, if ever, seen. At 2, he already had appeared on national TV with Bob Hope. At 3, he had broken 50 for nine holes, and, at 8, he’d broken 70 for 18. At 15, Tiger won his record sixth Junior World Golf Championship, carding a final-round 69 at fire-breathing Torrey Pines South. In the wake of that victory, Dana Haddad wrote in the Los Angeles Times, “Don’t let his big eyes, bony arms and knobby knees fool you. Eldrick ‘Tiger’ Woods of Cypress, just a babe at 15, is the man-child of golf.”

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You know what came next: the three U.S. Junior Amateur titles followed by three U.S. Amateur victories. The 82 PGA Tour wins, including 15 majors. Not included in that stat line is another number of great importance to Woods: 2, as in the number of children he has had — a daughter, Sam, who is now 17, and a son, Charlie, 15.

Tiger, Charlie Woods upstaged by Langer duo at PNC Championship - Los Angeles Times

Sam never took to golf, at least not seriously. But Charlie has, developing into a formidable talent in his own right. He’s a rising sophomore at The Benjamin School, in Palm Beach, Fla., where alongside Justin Leonard’s son, Luke, and a handful of other teenagers who could beat the best golfer at your club, he plays on the boys’ team that last fall won the school’s fourth state championship title. (Two of Jack Nicklaus’ boys, Gary and Michael, also attended The Benjamin School.)

At a Florida qualifier for the U.S. Junior Amateur last month, Charlie was three over through two holes. Undaunted, he made a pledge to himself: “I just told myself not to make any more bogeys or doubles.” Charlie played the next 16 holes in four under and signed for a one-under 71. The comeback earned him medalist honors and a spot in his first U.S. Junior Amateur, at historic Oakland Hills Country Club, near Detroit, where Charlie’s father, as an amateur, made the cut at the 1996 U.S. Open.

Golf has an uncanny way of producing full-circle moments; it’s one of the game’s many charms. But Charlie playing in his first U.S. Junior feels especially meaningful, given his father’s rich history in the event. For the younger Woods, it’s also the latest phase in his coming-out party: playing in a state championship match is one thing, as is pegging it in a nationally televised exhibition like the PNC Championship or trying to Monday qualify for a PGA Tour event. But the U.S. Junior is another level yet: a national championship run by the United States Golf Association. Top Gun for junior golfers. Merely qualifying is a huge achievement.

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Which brings us back to the fishbowl.

Charlie, at 15, now knows what his father knew at 15: Charlie’s competitive rounds are different for him than they are for his peers, especially when Tiger is in attendance. More eyes. More scrutiny. More distractions. At the PGA Tour qualifier Charlie entered in February, fans spilled onto the fairways to be near him, with some asking for autographs mid-round. “You can’t stop anyone from coming, and if Tiger’s there, it’s crazier,” Charlie’s high school coach, Toby Harbeck, told me last year of the scene at some of his high school tournaments. “Trust me, there are people in trees taking pictures. Microphones in his face.”

The attention around Charlie was evident at Oakland Hills Monday morning. As he teed off on the North Course’s 1st hole just before 8:30, a crowd of a few hundred, phones raised, circled the tee box — this at a tournament where groups rarely attract more than a few dozen fans. Standing just behind and to the right of the tee was Tiger, in a white hat and striped Sun Day Red polo. He was hard to miss because he was standing on a berm, which elevated him above the rest of the onlookers. “I’ve been in a gallery like this before,” Chase Kyes, a rising high school senior from Alabama and one of Charlie’s two playing partners, would later say, “but never played in front of a gallery like this.”

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Charlie hit an iron at the par-4 1st and opened with three pars, but his steady play would not last. At the 200-yard par-3 4th, he needed three shots to find the green and made double. Tiger was in tow, looking on from beside tees and greens. Charlie is used to his presence, but his playing partners were not. “I looked over at him a couple of times, but I really tried not to,” Kyes said of Tiger. “There’s a lot of pressure with his name.”

Charlie got a stroke back at the par-5th, but then finished the front nine bogey-par-bogey-double to turn in 40, the same score his father shot in the first nine holes at the 1997 Masters before storming back to a historic win. But this round, for Charlie, would produce no such fireworks. On the back nine, he made three doubles, two bogies and a lone birdie to shoot 42 and finish at 12 over. With 60 players shooting par or better Monday, Charlie more than likely had shot himself out of the tournament.

Charlie didn’t speak with reporters after the round, but his playing partners did. Two things seemed to strike them: the weight on Charlie’s shoulders, and the excitement they felt playing in front of such a large gallery.

“The amount of pressure he has on him is unbelievable,” said Davis Ovard, a rising sophomore at Baylor who was Charlie’s other partner. “I can’t image being in his shoes.”

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Ovard, who shot 73, said he saw more of Tiger during Sunday’s practice round than he did on Monday. “He was just walking down the middle of the fairways with us and on the greens with us, and we were talking about the course,” Ovard said. “It was crazy.”

Kyes said he loved feeling the rush of playing in front of a swell of fans. ”It’s great for the game, especially for young kids like us,” he said. “Hopefully it won’t be the last time we’re in front of crowds like this. As early as you can get used to it, the better off you will be.”

Charlie’s surely getting used to it. Maybe he already is. What other choice does he have?

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Tiger Woods watches 15-year-old son Charlie shoot a 12-over 82 in US Junior Amateur at Oakland Hills

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BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Charlie Woods, the 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods, covered his face with his cap after shaking hands with his playing partners on the 18th green at the Oakland Hills North Course.

Woods shot a 12-over 82 on Monday in the U.S. Junior Amateur, a tournament he played his way into.

“He still qualified,” Tiger Woods said to his son’s caddie after the rough round.

“That’s what I keep telling him,” caddie Luke Wise said.

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Woods earned a spot in the field of top juniors from around the world when he shot a 1-under 71 to win his qualifier last month in Coral Springs, Florida.

He will have to have quite a turnaround Tuesday on the Oakland Hills South Course, which Ben Hogan called “The Monster,” to be among the low 64 scorers from a field of 264 players from 40 states and 35 countries.

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Charlie Woods is the only one in the world who knows what it’s like to be the son of Tiger Woods, and now he’s fully aware of what it’s like to compete with all eyes on him.

At an event that usually draws a few hundred people for the championship match, about 100 were waiting on the first tee to see Charlie play while his dad watched, and at least that many spectators followed them for hours.

Oakland Hills had six members assigned to assist with crowd control. That wasn’t enough, and 10 more men were dispatched to hold ropes to give the players — and Tiger — some space.

After Charlie hit his tee shot on the seventh hole and left behind his tee, adorned with a palm tree, a fan took it out of the ground to keep as a memento.

“I feel like he’s feeling pressure,” said 35-year-old John Pinch of Warren, Michigan. “If his dad could talk to him, he would probably try to get him to settle down.

“You can tell he’s really down on himself.”

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Charlie was frustrated and let it show, slamming and swinging clubs into the ground after errant shots and shaking his head from side to side.

His father was relatively helpless because rules prevent parents from coaching their children during the tournament.

After a brief exchange prior to the round on the practice green, Tiger didn’t say a word to his son and didn’t appear to even make eye contact as he watched from afar while surrounded by police officers — at least one of whom snapped photos — and security personnel.

Without a doubt, Tiger wished his son could hear him on the 181-yard, par-3 fourth.

A rules official gave Charlie relief because his ball landed on a metal cap on the right side of the green.

“He gets a club length,” Tiger said, standing out of earshot of his son.

Tiger wanted his son to place his ball to the left, but Charlie elected to take relief to the right.

“No, no, no,” Tiger muttered to himself. “Go the other way.”

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Charlie ended up with his first of five double bogeys at No. 4 to go with four bogeys and two birdies — on both of the par 5s.

He was wild off the tee — often missing to the right — came up short on a series of flop shots out of thick rough and sailed some approaches over greens.

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Tiger was 14 when he qualified for his first U.S. Junior and reached the semifinals. He won his first U.S. Junior a year later and went on to become the only player to win the tournament three times in a row.

Tiger traveled to suburban Detroit from Scotland after matching his highest 36-hole score as a professional at the British Open, missing the cut for the third straight time in a major.

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Phil Mickelson refuses to ‘sit and chat’ with Tiger Woods after comment at The Open

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Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods have not always seen eye-to-eye over the years.

Phil Mickelson admitted that he was in no mood to ‘sit and chat’ with Tiger Woods as they warmed up next to each other at The Open. The two players have not always seen eye-to-eye but, for the most part, have behaved amicably with each other during their time in the sport.

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Mickelson and Woods engaged in some of golf’s most famous battles during their respective primes, but they are no longer the unstoppable forces they once were. Their relationship in recent years has been virtually non-existent, with tensions flaring when Mickleson joined LIV Golf in 2022.

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The 54-year-old was one of the chief recruiters for the breakaway series, while Woods has been an active member of the PGA Tour policy board in opposition to the Saudi threat.

The two players were spotted practicing next to each other before the start of play at The Open in a potentially awkward scenario. Mickelson later revealed that he and Woods greeted each other but did not have a lengthy chat because they were both focused on their preparations.

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“We said hi,” explained Mickelson. “Yeah, we said hi, but we were both preparing. It’s not like we’re going to sit there and chat. But we said hello, yeah.”

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A potential merger between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour has been widely discussed for some time, but there are no concrete plans to unify the sport as of yet. It has been over a year since the rival entities announced the proposals but with very little progress having been made in the meantime.

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Asked if he and Woods could work together to find a breakthrough in talks, Mickelson said: “I don’t know, we’ll see. We’ll see. I don’t know about that stuff, I’m not involved. I’m not sitting in those rooms. I am enjoying where I’m at and what I’m doing and playing. I’ll let other people figure that stuff out.”

Mickelson has struggled to impress at The Open but he made the cut on Friday with a score of five over par. Woods, meanwhile, missed the cut at Royal Troon after finishing his second round at 14 over par but has vowed to return at Royal Portrush next year.

 

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Tiger Woods Falls Through the Cracks at the British Open

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As the British Open draws to a close, Tiger Woods will also see an end to his 2024 season. He remains optimistic for his return to the Hero World Challenge in December of 2024, but recognizes his need for physical recuperation.

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During the British Open, Woods swung a 156 on 36 holes. This score tied his best on a 36-hole course, but did not prove to be enough for the British Open. Woods ended the round 6 over par, making this his third major in a row he has not qualified for.

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Illness and injury has seemingly played a major role in Woods’ performance during this calendar year, and continues to be an issue. In order to improve physically, Woods has opted not to return until the aforementioned Hero World Challenge. The scores he needs to progress through the majors have not been seen since his involvement in a car accident, resulting in serious injury to his legs.

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Despite the 2021 accident, Woods still maintains his legacy; a fact that was quite evident at the Royal Troon Golf Course. Fans audibly praised Woods’ performance on his walk through the 18th hole, despite the results of the round.

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Woods’ rumored return to the Hero World Challenge will make for quite the show if all goes according to plan. Scottie Scheffler, ESPN’s number one ranked golfer in the world, was the 2023 Hero World Challenge winner, and will most likely make his appearance for the title and the $5,000,000 purse. A healthy Woods could be a fair contender, despite age difference and physical ability, making his anticipated return worth the wait.

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Although things did not go Woods’ way during The Open, his professionalism and character shone through, proving to his fans he remains the professional golfer they elect to follow.

 

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Tiger Woods still draws crowds as legend rages against dying of the light

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American looks a pale imitation of the man who once dominated the world of golf but he has no plans to throw in the towel

Oh, and there’s also some fellow by the name of Eldrick Woods, or “Tiger” to those who know him. Woods followed the 79 he made in the first round by scoring 77 in the second, which gave him a 36-hole total of 156. That put him 14 shots over par, well outside the projected cut line. It was the worst week he has ever had at an Open, and, but for the final putt from three-feet on the 18th, it would have been the worst 36-hole score he has ever recorded at a major championship. As it was, it equalled the 80-76 he shot at the US Open at Chambers Bay in 2015.

Woods has reached the point where he’s never going to play in the Open again without having to put up with speculation that it might be for the final time. People have been trying to retire him ever since he walked across the Swilcan Bridge during the second round at St Andrew’s in the 150th championship a couple of years back. After he had limped off the course at Troon he was asked, again, whether he would be in the field at Royal Portrush next year. “Yes,” Woods said without hesitating, “definitely”.

His opinion about the way he had played was similarly blunt. “It wasn’t very good,” he said. “I was fighting it pretty much all day. I never really hit it close enough to make birdies, and consequently I made a lot of bogeys.” Five altogether, plus a double at the par-four 2nd where he whistled a chip 10 yards past the pin and off the far side of the green.

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It could have been worse. He caught a lucky break when he made a par at the 8th after his tee shot caught on a sprinkler head as it was rolling down the bank into the bunker on the right-hand side of the green.

Some of his best golf was in the way he scrambled himself out of the worst of it on two of the longer holes. At the 6th, he chopped his ball from the rough on the right side, then dumped it into the gallery on the left. He still managed to somehow get away with a birdie (his only one of the round) after he made a putt from 21ft. At the 16th he made a remarkable par with a putt from 13ft, even though he had landed his first shot into the burn, and walloped his third into the grandstand.

Trouble was they were about the only two putts he made from any sort of distance all day. Time was when you could find him on the course by listening for the roars. These days you can track him by the sighs and winces.

You wouldn’t necessarily have guessed it from watching him limp and grimace around the links, but Woods insisted he had a grand old time out there. “I loved it, I’ve always loved playing major championships. I just wish I was sharper physically. Obviously it tests you mentally, physically and emotionally, and I just wasn’t as sharp as I needed to be. I was hoping to find it somehow, but I just never did.”

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Woods’s ambition this year was “to make sure I was able to play all the major championships”, which he managed to do, even if he did miss the cut in three of them and finished 60th in the other. He insists that he is improving despite it. “I have gotten better physically even though my results haven’t really shown it, so I just need to keep progressing like that, and eventually start playing more competitively, and start getting into the competitive flow again.” It’s not going to happen any time soon. He’s not planning to play competitively again until December.

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Still, if he believes it, then it doesn’t much matter what anyone else thinks. Woods’s legacy is his to do what he likes with. Even aside from the fact that he’s exempt, Woods has long since earned the right to play on as long as he wants. The man made the sport what it is today, and quite why so many of the other people in it seem to be in such a rush to usher him into retirement is a bit of a mystery.

He is still one of the biggest draws in the field, and attracts a crowd five or six deep, even if it does feel like the only reason they’ve come is so they can say they caught a glimpse of what he used to be.

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