

The 46-year-old has already confirmed his registration for the US Open at The Country Club in Brookline on June 16-19, along with six-time major champion Phil Mickelson, but Beem believes it would be sensible to skip the event to prepare for The 150th Open at St Andrews on July 14-17. Woods is a five-time winner of the Jack Nicklaus-hosted event, with this year's contest marking the 10th anniversary of the most recent of those successes, although it would appear unlikely he can recover from his latest setback to feature from June 2-5. That competitive sharpness, that ability to not hit sloppy shots and that ability to turn three shots into two around the greens, which we haven't seen a lot of." Where would Woods likely play next?Įven before Woods' schedule was hampered by injuries in recent years, the only stop he would traditionally make in June ahead of the US Open would be the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village. "There was a lot of momentum going in and a lot of good play for him going into winning The Masters and that's what he's lacking at the moment. He won the FedExCup a few months earlier, had played really well early in the season and had played six or seven events that year going into The Masters. "When he won in 2019 at The Masters, everyone was talking about it being this great comeback and him coming out of nowhere, but he didn't. He made it on the number.Woods said he was pleased with his second-round performance at the PGA Championship which saw him make the cut Instead of signing Cassano, Liverpool opted to spend their money on the likes of Robbie Keane, Javier. But I would have played there very easily. So his Xander Schauffele, who looked certain to miss the cut until his shot from 173 yards flew straight into the cup on the 17th for an eagle. Either I go back home, or I stay at Real. Woods felt his 74 was as high as it could have been because of his putting, but at least he’s around for the weekend. The stars are out in Los Angeles, part of that due to Riviera, part of that due to the strongest field of the year competing for a $20 million purse. He was in contention two weeks ago at Pebble Beach.Ĭollin Morikawa (68) was two shots behind, with Patrick Cantlay (67) another shot back.

Mitchell played in the morning, making five birdies to offset a few mistakes. “If anything beats that, I’d be surprised.” He’s just never the star of those shows, and so maybe he’ll be in the next video. He’s seen plenty of great bounces before on various video compilations, and he started reciting some of the bizarre ones, many on the European tour.

9, holed a 15-foot birdie on the 10th and then chipped beautifully to a back right pin for a third straight birdie on the par-5 11th. Homa hit wedge to 4 feet to a pin tucked behind the bunker for a birdie on No. Homa and Rahm had their own brand of fun on a crisp afternoon off Sunset Boulevard. “It was supposed to be all fun and games and obviously it hasn’t turned out that way,” Woods said. Woods, playing elite competition for the first time since the British Open last summer, apologized if anyone was offended by him jokingly slipping a tampon into the hand of Justin Thomas on Thursday after Woods outdrove him by about 10 yards. For the second straight day, darkness kept the round from finishing. He was at 1-over 143, leaving him 11 shots behind Homa, but certain to make the cut when the second round is completed Saturday morning.

Woods finished with three bogeys over his last four holes for a 74. Tiger Woods will be part of the weekend, even with a sloppy finish and more attention over a juvenile prank than a putter that went cold.
