Tiger Woods Misses Cut and TaylorMade SLDR Irons
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A recurrence of the back issue that forced him out of last weekend's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational struck Tiger Woods on the driving range Friday at the PGA Championship -- with a predictable result.
Woods tried to play through ping g20 irons but could manage only a 3-over-par 74 at Valhalla Golf Club, missing the 36-hole cut for just the fourth time in a major championship as a pro and just the 12th time worldwide overall.
Playing in obvious back pain, Woods was 15 strokes behind leader Rory McIlroy. He played the front nine in 4-over 39, double-bogeying No. 6. Wayward tee shots on that hole, No. 7 and No. 10 all went into the crowd.
"It was sore. No doubt about it," Woods said after totaling a 6-over 148 to miss the cut by five strokes. "It went out on me on the range. Just had to play through it."
Whether that was a good idea undoubtedly will be debated until he plays again with xxio 8 irons -- which is unclear because his 2013-14 PGA Tour season is over, with Woods having played just seven tournaments. He won't be eligible for the FedEx Cup playoffs that begin in two weeks.
Woods struggled from the outset, and appeared especially distressed on the front nine as he played a four-hole stretch in 4 over. At times, he had difficulty picking up his tee, crouching over to read putts, even standing over them.
There appeared to be a chance he might withdraw after nine holes, given that his courtesy car was a short distance from the ninth green. But Woods headed to the 10th tee and actually settled down over the closing nine, making two birdies, a bogey and six pars.
Asked if his body was telling him not to play TaylorMade SLDR Irons [http://www.augolfclubsonline.com/TaylorMade-SLDR-Irons-Graphite-4-9PAS-301.html], Woods interrupted and said, "It was telling me on the range (it) probably wasn't a good idea, but I'm not exactly a non-stubborn person."
His caddie, Joe LaCava, concurred.
"Stubbornness," LaCava said when asked why Woods continued. "I asked him if he could make it worse and he said he didn't think so. When he said that, I was fine with it. I didn't fear something worse was going to happen."
Woods has suffered with back issues most of the year, and they became acute in the spring when he had to withdraw from the Honda Classic during the final round. He tried to play titleist ap1 714 irons [http://www.augolfclubsonline.com/Titleist-AP1-714-Irons-Steel-3-9P-13.html] a week later, managed to shoot a third-round 66, then hobbled during a final-round 78 at Doral, where his 25th-place finished turned out to be his best of the year.
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Woods tried to play through ping g20 irons but could manage only a 3-over-par 74 at Valhalla Golf Club, missing the 36-hole cut for just the fourth time in a major championship as a pro and just the 12th time worldwide overall.
Playing in obvious back pain, Woods was 15 strokes behind leader Rory McIlroy. He played the front nine in 4-over 39, double-bogeying No. 6. Wayward tee shots on that hole, No. 7 and No. 10 all went into the crowd.
"It was sore. No doubt about it," Woods said after totaling a 6-over 148 to miss the cut by five strokes. "It went out on me on the range. Just had to play through it."
Whether that was a good idea undoubtedly will be debated until he plays again with xxio 8 irons -- which is unclear because his 2013-14 PGA Tour season is over, with Woods having played just seven tournaments. He won't be eligible for the FedEx Cup playoffs that begin in two weeks.
Woods struggled from the outset, and appeared especially distressed on the front nine as he played a four-hole stretch in 4 over. At times, he had difficulty picking up his tee, crouching over to read putts, even standing over them.
There appeared to be a chance he might withdraw after nine holes, given that his courtesy car was a short distance from the ninth green. But Woods headed to the 10th tee and actually settled down over the closing nine, making two birdies, a bogey and six pars.
Asked if his body was telling him not to play TaylorMade SLDR Irons [http://www.augolfclubsonline.com/TaylorMade-SLDR-Irons-Graphite-4-9PAS-301.html], Woods interrupted and said, "It was telling me on the range (it) probably wasn't a good idea, but I'm not exactly a non-stubborn person."
His caddie, Joe LaCava, concurred.
"Stubbornness," LaCava said when asked why Woods continued. "I asked him if he could make it worse and he said he didn't think so. When he said that, I was fine with it. I didn't fear something worse was going to happen."
Woods has suffered with back issues most of the year, and they became acute in the spring when he had to withdraw from the Honda Classic during the final round. He tried to play titleist ap1 714 irons [http://www.augolfclubsonline.com/Titleist-AP1-714-Irons-Steel-3-9P-13.html] a week later, managed to shoot a third-round 66, then hobbled during a final-round 78 at Doral, where his 25th-place finished turned out to be his best of the year.
More info in [http://www.augolfclubsonline.com/]
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