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Tiger misses WM Phoenix Open cut… by a mile

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Tiger Woods won’t be playing the weekend at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The former No. 1-ranked golfer shot rounds of 73-82 (13-over par) to miss the cut by a projected 12 shots.

He spoke with the media after his worst competitive round as a professional, and joked “I’m just doing this so I don’t get fined,” in reference to Marshawn Lynch’s infamous interview tactics.

Woods started the event with three straight bogeys, and aside from briefly halting the nightmare with an eagle at No. 13 on Thursday, things never got better.

On Friday, Woods made a triple bogey and a double bogey on back-to-back holes at Nos. 14 and 15 — his fifth and sixth holes of the day — and shot 44 on his outward nine. Another double bogey on No. 13 and three more bogeys coming home left him with a final tally of 82 strokes.

When he finished his second round, Woods was in last place — 132nd out of 132 players in the field.

Woods is scheduled to play at the Farmers Insurance Open on Feb. 5 at Torrey Pines, a venue where he’s won a PGA Tour record eight times.

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  1. snowman

    Feb 3, 2015 at 7:58 pm

    Just saw the solution for TW’s chipping yips on Golf Channel ad….Tour Angle 144!

  2. Steve H

    Feb 2, 2015 at 12:46 pm

    He should take 2 weeks off, then quit!!!! Haha

  3. Steve

    Feb 1, 2015 at 12:04 pm

    He can’t be serious. He is unable to figure out where his club bottoms out on chips and pitch shots? He can’t figure that out in 10 minutes of practice. If he can’t, how will he figure out the rest. He might be done, he is a mental case with all these ideas

  4. dot dot

    Jan 31, 2015 at 2:53 pm

    Stick a fork in him. He’s done.

  5. BJ

    Jan 31, 2015 at 12:12 pm

    Go back to the clubs and people who got you there Tiger. Comfort and familiarity breed confidence. Then dig it out of the dirt like the other greats.

  6. RMCO

    Jan 31, 2015 at 9:14 am

    To me, what made him great before in the short game was being scrappy. He needs to ditch the technical thoughts and get the creativity back.

    A lot of these posts say he’s done, its over. I’d like to see him get back to being in contention. Maybe I just miss the ‘better than most’ Tiger…

  7. Anon

    Jan 31, 2015 at 7:39 am

    I went through a similar collapse in my game. I was a scratch player 4 years ago, but one day that all changed. First the swing left and I got the shanks. Then the chunky chip shots started showing up, just like Tiger is doing. It took me almost a year to get rid of the shanks, but my swing is looking better than ever. My short game only JUST NOW came around about a month ago. The problem wasn’t technique or setup, it was mental. I didn’t trust my shot and I couldn’t execute it. Tiger is going to have to get rid of the scars somehow, that’s going to be pretty tough!

  8. The Infidel

    Jan 31, 2015 at 3:57 am

    With Sean…….

    With Hank…….

    With Butch……

    Tiger – you’re the one pulling the trigger on every drive, iron, chip and putt. Stop deconstructing the legacy one shanked chip at a time. Take ownership and get better.

  9. W

    Jan 31, 2015 at 3:17 am

    I’d hate to help him out, because I despise the guy, but I will tell you what the problem is, and it’s so obvious:

    He’s too buff. He’s top heavy, his arms are too big, chest too wide, and shoulders like rocks. He’s been working out too hard, too much, and he’s got too big at his age to be able to deal with being so big. There is a fine line between being ripped and being limber and flexible – and he went too far. More than likely, his vanity still speaks for him, and he’s worried that his belly might hang a bit more than he would like and so he carries on working out until he can’t feel the club any more, he can’t feel the flex of the club, he can’t feel the swing weight. Because now he swings at his hands and not the club head, because all his power is in his arms and shoulders and it throws off him timing and feel. Definitely no feel for chipping, as shown.

    He played his best game when he was thin and lithe, and then when he wasn’t quite so ripped, when clothes were worn a bit more baggy so one could hide one’s belly in the shirt. But now he’s obsessed with looking good in his clothes than actually just playing the game of golf for what it is.

  10. W

    Jan 31, 2015 at 2:58 am

    That was the greatest golf day of my life. So good to see him fail. And what a twat to try such silly shots on his knees like that! Goes to show you he’s totally done. Mentally, done. He thinks his strong-man workouts will save him – when we all know, when you get too buff in this game, all feel goes away and you just can’t play. It amused to me know that he hadn’t learned that. That he is more concerned about looking good with a flat belly than just being golf-fit. Vain git.

  11. other paul

    Jan 30, 2015 at 11:54 pm

    I played golf instead. Shot the same score. I was excited. He was depressed.

  12. The dude

    Jan 30, 2015 at 11:16 pm

    Buuuuuutch!

  13. Ballstrikaaa

    Jan 30, 2015 at 10:18 pm

    Yo, Adrian!!! Adrian!!! Cut me, cut me!!

  14. Regan

    Jan 30, 2015 at 9:43 pm

    If hes still playing poorly after a full season uninjured not contending and missing a bunch of cuts I think its over.

  15. 1973

    Jan 30, 2015 at 9:31 pm

    Just shows how tough (/great) our game is….

    • david

      Jan 31, 2015 at 10:26 am

      1973, Spot on comment,
      In all honesty Golf is really a challenging game.
      In South African open (2014) I even saw the great Ernie Els double bogey holes back to back, and it was because of the short game. Golf is hard guys.

  16. the legend

    Jan 30, 2015 at 9:10 pm

    Tiger is done.

  17. west

    Jan 30, 2015 at 9:07 pm

    He just needs to get the rust out…he’ll do it!!!

  18. Jay

    Jan 30, 2015 at 7:47 pm

    David Duval and Ian Baker called, said welcome to the club…..

  19. Booger

    Jan 30, 2015 at 7:11 pm

    Hahahaha!! Tiger lovers move on. It’s over.

  20. Steve

    Jan 30, 2015 at 6:27 pm

    Driving terrible, short game horrendous, putting horrible. Too many swing changes, too many swing thoughts. He has become Charles Howell III, thinking about swing positions in stead of hitting the freaking ball. He is so shot, trying to bump and run, because his chipping and pitching confidence is done. I don’t know if he can ever come back from what I saw. It was bad in every aspect. That being said I have him for two majors this season.

  21. Matt

    Jan 30, 2015 at 5:38 pm

    No lie he needs to chip with hybrids!

  22. Dazzer

    Jan 30, 2015 at 4:56 pm

    A lot of experts here writing Tiger off. He will be back soon and will be serving some humble pie. Leave room y’all 😉

  23. Rich

    Jan 30, 2015 at 4:40 pm

    HAHA! I know it’s immature but sucked in Woods. 132nd out of 132 players. That’s funny sh&t.

  24. Keith

    Jan 30, 2015 at 4:39 pm

    Tiger wins by 3 strokes next week

  25. slider

    Jan 30, 2015 at 4:30 pm

    tough day on the course today for tiger

  26. PMM

    Jan 30, 2015 at 4:25 pm

    What? No injuries this time? No sore teeth or pain in the back? Wow… So good to see that Mr. Cheat is history now. Yes he WAS great but his ex. wife not only hit his Cadilac but also his brains. Yes… let’s move on to the new guys on tour who can smile and be friendly to people.

  27. RG

    Jan 30, 2015 at 4:02 pm

    His noodle is fried. When he was youn he didn’t know how to hit a bad shot, now he does. He never felt pressure, now he can’t stop feeling the pressure. Short game and putting have nothing to do with speed or reps. He can’t get it on the green from 15yds. He can’t make 4′ putts. Confidence is a slippery beast and once it’s gone it’s hard to get back. Can anyone say David Duval?

  28. ABOMB

    Jan 30, 2015 at 3:57 pm

    WOW… just wow

  29. chad ryan

    Jan 30, 2015 at 3:50 pm

    “speed…reps….explosiveness” Dude you’re not a linebacker or a power lifter. You play golf. Matt kuchar is 40 yards shorter than you and is always on the leaderboard. It’s about accuracy not power man cmon!

  30. MartyMoose

    Jan 30, 2015 at 3:44 pm

    Some of the mistakes he makes are amateurish. Leaving chips short on the reg…it’s hard to watch.

  31. Chris

    Jan 30, 2015 at 3:02 pm

    Yeah but his speed is up. He just needs more reps….and a short game….

  32. JRT

    Jan 30, 2015 at 2:53 pm

    Tiger needs to hire Apollo Creed, run sprints on beaches, and clear the air with Adrian…

    • RG

      Jan 30, 2015 at 3:58 pm

      You mean he needs the “Eye of the Tiger?”

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