Tiger Woods misses AGAIN as golf legend crashes out of Open in another nightmare at Royal Troon

Woods is all but guaranteed to be out at the ongoing Open Championship at Royal Troon after posting a +14 over the first two days of the event, where the projected cut line sits at +5. 

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His dismal Friday included a double bogey on the second hole as well as bogeys on the fifth, ninth, 12th, 14th and 17th. He finished Friday with a 77 (+6) after his 78 (+8) on Thursday. Despite his struggles, though, Woods still had a packed gallery and received large ovations throughout the first two rounds.

The 48-year-old now intends to take a months-long break from golf, telling reporters on Friday at Royal Troon that he will return at the Hero World Challenge in December. Asked if he would play next year’s Open at Royal Portrush, Woods answered: ‘Definitely.’

‘I’ve always loved playing major championships. I just wish I was more physically sharp coming into the majors,’ Woods said after his round. ‘Obviously it tests you mentally, physically, emotionally, and I just wasn’t as sharp as I needed to be.’ 

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Tiger Woods plays from the 3rd fairway during day two of The Open at Royal TroonDespite his sagging play, Tiger Woods still drew an impressive gallery at Royal Troon

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Despite his struggles, Woods remained optimistic about his game and his health. 

‘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.’

So far this year Woods has missed the cut at the PGA Championship at the Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky and the US Open at North Carolina’s Pinehurst No. 2. Woods, who continues to battle injuries, was similarly awful at the Masters, finishing +16 which included a ghastly 82 in his third round. 

His early exit at Royal Troon follows a contentious exchange with retired player and announcer Colin Montgomerie, who questioned the golf legend’s presence at the tournament. 

Montgomerie said in an interview in The Times last Saturday that Woods’s best days are behind him. From there, Montgomerie shared his memory of seeing Woods struggling at Pinehurst last month and wondering: ‘What the hell is he doing?’

Tiger Woods on the 6th during day two of The Open at Royal Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland

Woods was defiant in response (‘As a past champion, I’m exempt until I’m 60’), but ultimately failed to prove he belonged at the 2024 Open Championship, starting with a brutal first round on Thursday. 

Woods fired his opening drive 201 yards off the first tee, finding the first cut of rough on the right side of the fairway.

He came close to an opening birdie, rolling his attempt to within two feet for a tap-in par before eventually entering the red at the third.

But the struggles, which were once a shock but now a customary sight, began at the fourth.

Royal Troon immediately snatched the shot back from Tiger’s claws at the fourth where he failed to seize on the par-five opportunity before he sank into the black with a double-bogey five on the par-three fifth.

His mere two birdies were no match for the total of six bogeys, including two consecutive on 17 and 18 to wrap up his round, and two doubles, featuring a trip to the train tracks at 11, as an opening 79 plundered his hopes.

Woods shoots from the rough on the second day of The Open Championship in Scotland