Woods misses cut at PGA Championship

Sports Illustrated ^ | August 12, 2011 | Gary Van Sickle

[jazusamo]

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Say goodbye to Tiger Woods. You won't see him this weekend, or on the PGA Tour for at least six weeks. Woods was 10 over par after two rounds and missed the cut at Atlanta Athletic Club, the first time he's ever missed a cut in 14 PGA Championship appearances, which means he will not qualify for the Tour's FedEx Cup playoff series.

Somewhere, television executives have tears in their eyes. It was the fourth time Woods has missed the cut at a major championship. He previously failed to make the weekend at the 1996 Masters, when he was still an amateur, the 2006 U.S. Open and the 2009 British Open.

Tiger's numbers were uglier than the nation's unemployment figures. Woods followed Thursday's 77 with a discouraging round of 73 Friday in which he bogeyed the 18th hole and suffered back-to-back double bogeys earlier on the back nine after he had mounted a small charge. He made five double bogeys in his first 30 holes here, the first time he's ever had five doubles in any tournament as a pro.

In a nutshell, it's back to the drawing board for Woods on his swing reclamation project.

You may still see Woods somewhere before year's end. He could tee it up in one of the Tour's lesser Fall Series tournaments, which doesn't seem likely, and he's got appearances scheduled in Asia and Australia later this year, but he probably won't be appearing on any TV sets in the near future.

It's now possible that his next official PGA Tour event will be early in 2012, perhaps at Torrey Pines.

[Revolting cat!]

There is a woman behind every man of success.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

OK. Interesting! I notice that Mary Lou Retton hit it big in the Olympics at age 16, then she was done after that.

[Surrounded_too]

yeah, another one.