Mickelson, Tiger make early exit from Greenbrier
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July 8, 2012, Sunday
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TIGER Woods missed the cut at the Greenbrier Classic by a stroke on Friday, following an opening 71 with a 69 to finish at even par in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
He missed a cut for only the ninth time in his PGA Tour career, and for the third time in a tournament following a victory.
After winning last Sunday at Congressional, Woods was on a course he'd never seen before.
"I didn't quite have it," Woods said. "I drove it really good today and I just did not have the feel for the distances. The ball was just going forever. I know we're at an altitude, but I just couldn't get the ball to hit pin high no matter what I did, and subsequently, I made some bogeys."
Phil Mickelson also failed to advance to weekend play, the first time Woods and Mickelson have missed the cut in the same tournament as professionals.
Mickelson shot his second straight 71.
US Open champion Webb Simpson topped the leaderboard at 9 under when play was suspended because of darkness in the round that was delayed because of rain. Simpson made a 6-foot birdie putt on the par-3 18th for a 4-under 66.
A dozen players were unable to complete the round.
Woods believes his distance control will be easy to work on heading to the British Open, which starts on July 19 at Royal Lytham and St Annes. "It's not going to be this warm and we're not going to be at altitude. We'll be on the beach," he said.
After the rain delay, Woods had bogeys at Nos. 10 and 11 to fall to 3 over, then made three late birdies but missed two other tries from inside 12 feet.
The other times that Woods followed a win with a missed cut came in 2005 at Disney and in 2009 at the British Open. Both those times he took a week off after his wins.
When Woods was an amateur, he and Mickelson missed the cut in the 1993 Byron Nelson.
Among those still on the course when play was stopped by darkness was Martin Flores, who was a stroke back at 8 under with two holes left. The round was delayed more than two hours earlier in the day because of thunderstorms.
Rookie Charlie Beljan (62), Jonathan Byrd (68), Jeff Maggert (68) and Jerry Kelly (66) also were 8 under. First-round leader Vijay Singh shot 74 to drop six strokes back.
He missed a cut for only the ninth time in his PGA Tour career, and for the third time in a tournament following a victory.
After winning last Sunday at Congressional, Woods was on a course he'd never seen before.
"I didn't quite have it," Woods said. "I drove it really good today and I just did not have the feel for the distances. The ball was just going forever. I know we're at an altitude, but I just couldn't get the ball to hit pin high no matter what I did, and subsequently, I made some bogeys."
Phil Mickelson also failed to advance to weekend play, the first time Woods and Mickelson have missed the cut in the same tournament as professionals.
Mickelson shot his second straight 71.
US Open champion Webb Simpson topped the leaderboard at 9 under when play was suspended because of darkness in the round that was delayed because of rain. Simpson made a 6-foot birdie putt on the par-3 18th for a 4-under 66.
A dozen players were unable to complete the round.
Woods believes his distance control will be easy to work on heading to the British Open, which starts on July 19 at Royal Lytham and St Annes. "It's not going to be this warm and we're not going to be at altitude. We'll be on the beach," he said.
After the rain delay, Woods had bogeys at Nos. 10 and 11 to fall to 3 over, then made three late birdies but missed two other tries from inside 12 feet.
The other times that Woods followed a win with a missed cut came in 2005 at Disney and in 2009 at the British Open. Both those times he took a week off after his wins.
When Woods was an amateur, he and Mickelson missed the cut in the 1993 Byron Nelson.
Among those still on the course when play was stopped by darkness was Martin Flores, who was a stroke back at 8 under with two holes left. The round was delayed more than two hours earlier in the day because of thunderstorms.
Rookie Charlie Beljan (62), Jonathan Byrd (68), Jeff Maggert (68) and Jerry Kelly (66) also were 8 under. First-round leader Vijay Singh shot 74 to drop six strokes back.
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