More woes for Woods
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THE venue where he stamped his greatness on the sport with the lowest score to par in major golf history, Tiger Woods trudged off the 18th at St Andrews yesterday with his spectacular decline well and truly validated by the Old Course.
As Jordan Spieth effortlessly assumed the mantle of golf’s No. 1 draw with a 5-under-par 67 and Dustin Johnson went two better with a 65, Woods cut a forlorn figure as he carded a ragged 4-over 76.
On the course where he posted a 19-under 269 total in 2000, the only 269 on the horizon this week is his room number at the St Andrews Hotel, where he has stayed on every visit since that 2000 success, and even making the cut this week already looks unlikely.
Fifteen years ago Woods became the youngest man to complete a career grand slam when he won the British Open with a masterful display of ball control at St Andrews.
He triumphed again at the home of golf five years later but his game today bears almost no relation to that of his glory years when he ruled the sport and chalked up 14 majors.
Yesterday he was out midmorning with the best of the weather but while everyone around him was racking up birdies galore, Woods struggled from the start and now he is in danger of missing back-to-back cuts in majors for the first time.
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