Tiger Woods arrives at Royal Troon for the 152nd British Open – PGA Tour
Tiger Woods arrives at Royal Troon Golf Club for the 152nd British Open.
Woods played a practice round at the Scottish seaside venue on Sunday afternoon, wearing a green sweater and white pants as he prepares for the final major of the season, which will mark the 10th time the tournament has been held at Royal Troon and the first since 2016.
This will be the first time Woods has played in all four Grand Slam tournaments in a calendar year since suffering serious injuries to both legs in a car accident in 2021. Woods qualified for the Masters and set a record by cutting 24 consecutive tournaments at Augusta National, but stumbled in the weekend round with a loss of 82-77 to finish in 60th place.
He then missed the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club and the U.S. Open at Pinehurst, where he placed second.
Woods has played in the past two British Opens at Royal Troon, finishing T24 in 1997 and T9 in 2004. He did not participate in the 2016 open championship on the Royaltoon. He did not play an injury specialty in 2016 or 2017.
The beginning of the forest in the Royaltoon in 1997 appeared three months after the first big title in the master in the master, when Tigamania was immediately built in Bapt.
After the opening of the 72-74 round at the opening championship in 1997, he participated in the board race to go to the top 10 leaders in the third round 64, but he was late to the last round. Ta. For the famous post brand, the eighth eighth eighth eighth eighth eighth is pair 3. He finished 12 hits behind the winner of Justin Leonard. In 2004, Woods shot rounds of 70-71-68-72 for a three-under par total and finished seven strokes behind winner Todd Hamilton, who beat Ernie Els in a four-hole playoff.
Woods has spoken candidly about his physical struggles to walk the golf course after various illnesses and injuries over the years. Now 48, he is looking forward to potentially playing on the PGA Tour Champions after he turns 50 in December 2025, but still believes he could challenge for a major championship if the conditions are right.
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Royal Troon’s forecast this week calls for relatively cool temperatures (a high of 60°F for most of the week) and rainy weather. Eight years ago at Royal Troon, the Thursday and Friday draw was the central theme of the week’s narrative; runner-up Phil Mickelson (17) held an 11-stroke lead over third-place J.B. Holmes.
Those on the wrong side had little chance. In addition to the Sunday Scout Mission, Woods joined the Solo Renin Ground on Monday (at 4:10 pm), and training on Tuesday (10:30 am) has registered a turn between Max Homa and Justinto Mus. It seems to be the intention of a reliable approach to preparation. Can Woods find an appropriate side of a draw and fight in his 95th start to his career? Time will show us.
