Tiger Woods Misses Cut at British Open, Reflects on Season

Tiger Woods, the 15-time major championship winner, has once again failed to make the cut at a major tournament. At the British Open, Woods fired a 6-over on Friday, dropping him to 14-over on the week, well outside the projected cut line. This marks another disappointing performance for Woods, who has struggled in recent years.

Woods has been taking time off to focus on his physical health, and while he has made progress, his results have not shown it. “I’d like to have played more this season, but I just wanted to make sure that I was able to play the major championships this year,” Woods said. “I got a lot of time off to get better, to be better physically, which has been the case all year.”

Woods will now head home and focus on his rehabilitation, with his next official PGA Tour event likely to be the Genesis Invitational in February. He will also compete in the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas in December.

While Woods was the biggest name to miss the cut, several other players also failed to make the weekend. Shane Lowry took a two-shot lead over the field ahead of a windy afternoon that seemed to shut just about everybody down. Wyndham Clark, who won the U.S. Open last year, finished behind Woods at 16-over, while Ludvig Åberg, who finished second at the Masters in April, dropped to 9-over on Friday to miss the cut.

Bryson DeChambeau and Rory McIlroy, who had a thrilling battle at the U.S. Open last month, both missed the cut after a brutal two days in Scotland. DeChambeau struggled to recover in his second round, while McIlroy went 6-over through his first six holes on Friday, thanks largely to a triple bogey at the par-5 4th.

Despite the disappointing performances, Woods remains optimistic about his future. “I’ve gotten better, even though my results really haven’t shown it, but physically I’ve gotten better, which is great,” he said. “I just need to keep progressing like that and then eventually start playing more competitively and start getting into kind of the competitive flow again.”