Woods Misses Cut At British Open, Watson Still In Lead After Day Two

Tiger Woods is gassing up the plane and heading for home.

Treacherous Turnberry delivered a pair of shockers Friday.

The 59-year-old Watson rolled in two impossibly long putts, danced a Scottish jig on the 18th green and walked off tied with unheralded American Steve Marino for the 36-hole lead at the British Open, where the course struck back with a fury thanks to a stiff breeze whipping off the Firth of Clyde.

Woods won't be around to see how it all turns out. He took two double bogeys on the back side, limped off with a 4-over 74 and missed the cut in a major for only the second time in his professional career.

"It was just problem after problem," said Woods, who came into golf's oldest championship as an overwhelming favorite after winning three times since his return from knee surgery. "I kept compounding my problems out there."

Major title No. 15 will have to wait.

"I hit some bad tee shots, a couple of bad iron shots, didn't get it up and down," Woods said. "I kept making mistake after mistake." - cbs sports


Even with him coming off injury, no one expected this result. The bigger question is we will see from Tiger moving forward? or Is this just a bump in the road for Woods?
I would have to think the latter, but he had won a couple tournaments since coming back, but maybe he mentally is not reading to win a major?
Quite a surpise, and I will be rooting for the Old Savvy Veteran, Tom Watson. I hope he can get it done.
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