It is the seventh missed cut of Woods ' career on the PGA Tour, and his third in a major championship as a pro.
Where forests that goes from here is a good question. He could enter next week's Wyndham Championship, and thus is his only (remote) in hopes of getting one of the FedEx Cup playoff tournaments. Woods has until the end of round 2 of the PGA Championship to that decision. His next scheduled tournament is different, the Australian Open Nov 10-13 (he also plays the one-day Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge on August 31). He could choose to play a European Tour event or two in the meantime, or visit the Japan Tour of the Asian Tour. Or take that whole leave and practice, practice, practice.
The most surprising thing about forests and missed savings is not that he is missing the cut at the PGA Championship, but that he has not missed more cuts in 2010-11 seasons. The way that Woods gets talked about, you'd think he missed the cut in any tournament. Here's a look at the actual performance of the Tiger's period "desert" of 2010-current:
2010 12 PGA Tour 1 missed cut begins withdrawal 1 2 Top 10s 6 Top 20s Woods two Top 10s were both majors (The Masters and U.s. Open).
2011 8 PGA Tour begins 1 cut 1 withdrawal 2 missed Top 10s one of Top 10s was again in a major, The Masters.
It Is surprising to see that Woods "only" two slices over the past two seasons has missed? It's not that Woods is terrible play all the time, it is that he rarely plays great.
What these results tell us is that forests, is certainly not a bad golfer during 2010-11. He is only an ordinary golfer. A solid PGA Tour player but one that is not among the elite. In other words, is not just Tiger itself.
The larger problem is that he gets these results without much (if any) signs of progress. Is that because the Sean Foley swing just not good for him? Is that because he is too many injuries that prevented him from working as hard as necessary to the new swing master has had? Or is there too much psychological scars from his self-inflicted blow up at the end of 2009? All of the above? What do you think?
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Update: Woods did not enter the Wyndham and so is officially out the FedEx Cup playoffs. He said that the following tournament he will play, but the door (somewhat) open to play a tournament fall series or two is the Australian Open.
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