US duo leads as Woods misses the cut
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August 14, 2011, Sunday
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HARDLY anyone knows the two guys leading the PGA Championship after Friday's second-round, while even the best-known player in the field was unrecognizable.
Once identified by either his No. 1 ranking or his 14 majors, Tiger Woods missed the cut on Friday at Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, with a performance that was even more shocking because of the numbers he compiled.
He hit into 22 bunkers. He put four balls in the water. His five double bogeys were the most he ever made in one tournament.
With one final bogey for a 3-over 73, Woods finished out of the top 100 for the first time ever in a major. He was 15 shots behind co-leaders Jason Dufner - who has never won a PGA Tour event - and Keegan Bradley, playing in his first major.
"I got some time off again," said Woods, who doesn't expect to tee it up again until the Australian Open in November.
Dufner, who hasn't made a cut since the last week in May, holed a 25-foot eagle putt on the fifth hole and threw in five birdies for a 5-under 65 that put him atop the leaderboard for the first time in a major. Bradley, a tour rookie and the nephew of LPGA great Pat Bradley, did even better with a bogey-free round of 64.
Their performance, and the attention given to Steve Stricker - who followed up his record-tying 63 with a 74 - and Rory McIlroy (73), who made it through another round with a heavily taped right wrist, did not divert much of the attention from Woods.
There were times the fans wanted to cover their eyes.
Woods blasted out of a bunker and went into the pond on the other side of the green for a double bogey. On his next hole, he hooked his drive into the trees, chipped out sideways, then hit a snap-hook back into the trees for another double bogey.
At least he went out in consistent style - one more bunker off the tee at No. 18, one more shot into the pond fronting the green.
"Frustration, disappointment that I'm not contending in the tournament," Woods conceded.
Woods left behind a championship that has 16 players under par, all of them separated by only four shots, even if the mainstream sporting audience might not be familiar with the some of the names.
Bradley, who won the Byron Nelson Championship in May and contended last week at Firestone, and Dufner were at 5-under 135. They will be in the final group, playing behind D.A. Points (67) and Australian John Senden (68), who were in the group one shot behind.
Also missing the cut were defending champion Martin Kaymer, British Open champion Darren Clarke and 2010 US Open winner Graeme McDowell.
Once identified by either his No. 1 ranking or his 14 majors, Tiger Woods missed the cut on Friday at Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, with a performance that was even more shocking because of the numbers he compiled.
He hit into 22 bunkers. He put four balls in the water. His five double bogeys were the most he ever made in one tournament.
With one final bogey for a 3-over 73, Woods finished out of the top 100 for the first time ever in a major. He was 15 shots behind co-leaders Jason Dufner - who has never won a PGA Tour event - and Keegan Bradley, playing in his first major.
"I got some time off again," said Woods, who doesn't expect to tee it up again until the Australian Open in November.
Dufner, who hasn't made a cut since the last week in May, holed a 25-foot eagle putt on the fifth hole and threw in five birdies for a 5-under 65 that put him atop the leaderboard for the first time in a major. Bradley, a tour rookie and the nephew of LPGA great Pat Bradley, did even better with a bogey-free round of 64.
Their performance, and the attention given to Steve Stricker - who followed up his record-tying 63 with a 74 - and Rory McIlroy (73), who made it through another round with a heavily taped right wrist, did not divert much of the attention from Woods.
There were times the fans wanted to cover their eyes.
Woods blasted out of a bunker and went into the pond on the other side of the green for a double bogey. On his next hole, he hooked his drive into the trees, chipped out sideways, then hit a snap-hook back into the trees for another double bogey.
At least he went out in consistent style - one more bunker off the tee at No. 18, one more shot into the pond fronting the green.
"Frustration, disappointment that I'm not contending in the tournament," Woods conceded.
Woods left behind a championship that has 16 players under par, all of them separated by only four shots, even if the mainstream sporting audience might not be familiar with the some of the names.
Bradley, who won the Byron Nelson Championship in May and contended last week at Firestone, and Dufner were at 5-under 135. They will be in the final group, playing behind D.A. Points (67) and Australian John Senden (68), who were in the group one shot behind.
Also missing the cut were defending champion Martin Kaymer, British Open champion Darren Clarke and 2010 US Open winner Graeme McDowell.
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