AUGUSTA, Ga. — Comebacks at 42 ain’ capital t easy. Bay Hill and Innisbrook ain’ t Augusta National, possibly.
For all the great golf this latest iteration associated with Tiger Woods has shown— six months back he didn’ t know in case he’ d ever play again— the cold reality is that this year’ s Masters is his 1st in three years. And despite the closet that contains four green overcoats, he hasn’ t won the particular tournament in 13 years.
All of this helps clarify why Woods shot 75 upon Friday and through two models is four over and tied just for 40th, 13 strokes off the business lead of Patrick Reed.
Yes, it was an abnormally difficult day of scoring which includes devious hole locations, and whirling, breezy conditions. Just 16 from the 87 players in the field broke k?rester in the second round.
But Woods has also did not take advantage of the par 5s, something he or she used to feast on around Augusta National. He didn’ t birdie any of them on Thursday, and it also wasn’ t until the 13th upon Friday before he finally obtained one. Two holes later, this individual added another. By comparison, Reed provides birdied every par 5 each day.
“ I actually hit my irons awful these days, ” Woods said. “ We didn’ t control my range, my shape, spins. I remaining myself in bad spots. The only real good iron shot I strike today all day was at four. The wind laid down, and am hit a little chip tee. That kind of summed up the entire day. And a lot of beautiful putts and didn’ t make anything. ”
Right from the start, Woods discovered himself in a bad spot on Fri, short-siding himself on the first pit when he hit wedge through 93 yards long and remaining. He failed to get up and straight down and made his 23rd profession bogey (or worse) on the k?rester 4, the second most of any opening at Augusta National for your pet.
Things proceeded to go from bad to worse with No . 5 when Woods blew his second shot long plus left and into the woods. Together with his ball against a tree, this individual was forced to take an unplayable lie, dropped in the trees, punched out and went on to make a dual bogey. There was also a ball within the water on No . 12 (bogey) and failure to get up-and-down through behind the par-3 16th (another bogey).
Within two rounds, Woods has strike just over half his fairways plus half his greens, not the particular stuff of Masters contenders.
“ I know the things i need to do, I’ m just not performing it, ” said Woods, who was actively playing just his 20th round from the year on Friday and producing just his 10th start in the final three years this week. “ I need to perform a better job of it [Saturday]. ”
The great news for Woods is that there is a Sunday after flirting with the cut series before sliding in with one heart stroke to spare. It’ s the 1st time he’ ll play the weekend break of a major since the 2015 Experts, where he tied for 17th.
“ Putting this in perspective, six months ago I actually didn’ t know if I would be playing golf, ” Woods stated. “ Forget playing at the visit level, I didn’ t understand if I’ d ever end up being playing again.
“ But it’ s amazing for have the opportunity again, to nevertheless come out here and play this particular golf course. Now I know I’ m within the weekend. Even though I’ mirielle a lot behind, if I play an unique weekend, shoot two rounds within the mid-60s, you never know. ”
