TIGER WOODS MENTIONED the word frustration on several occasions while speaking to reporters following his exit from the US PGA Championships on Friday.
The American found himself playing from bunkers almost 20 times over two days – and that was never going to be tournament-winning form.
Woods is not now due back on a golf course until November and though he admitted that his schedule “might” change, he is looking forward to further improving some of the tweaks he has made to his game over the coming weeks and months.
“I showed signed that I can hit the ball exactly how I know I can,” he told a media conference after finished his second round in Atlanta. “Unfortunately, I just didn’t do it enough times.
“The changes I’m making… I’m hitting the ball further, and that’s something I have to adjust for. I have way more compression now than I ever have so the ball is now coming off cleaner, faster, and I’ve got to get used to that.“Now, I have nothing to do but work on my game.”
Worldwide reaction was telling. The New York Post went for a ‘Woeful Woods fails to make PGA Cut’ headline, Louisiana’s Daily Advertiser went with ‘Tiger fades away’, while The Boston Globe opted for ‘It’s a complete loss for Woods’ and pointed out that not only has the record setter missed the cut at a Major but he has also now missed out of the FedEx Cup playoffs at the end of the PGA tour season.
It isn’t all doom and gloom, however. PGAtour.com writer Brian Wacker believes that Tiger’s performance could well be a blessing in disguise as the American is now fit and injury-free for the first time in years but needs practice in order to get his game back on track.
Only time will tell…
Check out pgatour.com for reaction from Padraig Harrington, Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell and Darren Clarke.