Tiger Woods Score: Legend eliminated despite inconsistent Round 2 at 2023 Genesis Invitational
Tiger Woods will be at the weekend at the Genesis Invitational 2023. Turning a 3 over 74 on Friday is Woods’ way of continuing his opening round with a 2 under 69 from Thursday to stay in the top. 65 at 1 to 1. The 15-time major champion found himself on the expected cut for most of the afternoon, but as conditions became more extreme, Woods’ ability to make the cut returned should be sure.
“I didn’t put the ball well today, I blocked a lot of early putts and this was probably the highest score I could have made today,” Woods said. “Maybe I should have hit five or six better than this, easily. It’s just that I didn’t make those putts early and in the middle of the round when I had those opportunities. And they weren’t. It’s just too hard putts, I just hit bad putts and obviously also had a very bad finish.”
Woods started his round with a beautiful birdie on hole 10-11. Hitting his approaches within 8 feet on both holes, the 47-year-old couldn’t convert his chances of success because of a cold putter suited for the frigid California temperatures of early California.
Bogeys ensued on the next two holes as Woods dropped to level and just inside the expected cut. Woods hit back with a near ace on the 14th par-3, but the real impetus came on the 15th when his par putt from within 10 feet hit the bottom of the cup.
Woods would miss another birdie shot from inside 6 feet on day 16 but completely return 2 points under with a birdie touch on par-5 on day 17. The hitter starts to cooperate in the middle of the game. his back number nine, but unfortunately for Woods, this was met with below-average approach play.
Having just hit six straight pars, Woods hit his tee at the famous sixth par-3 below the bunker in the middle of the green. After placing his second shot in the bunker, Woods turned a slippery five-foot ghost shot into a red number with a score of 1 under.
“I was really trying to hit the ball — my shot — towards JT [Justin Thomas] Woods said. “I mean, I tried to give myself a chance to hit par and worst of all got cheated. So the reality was I had two bad calls on the 6th and 9th and I ended up having to. paid with two hits there.”
Another bogey on the eighth par-4 sent Woods down to par and another bogey on his finish put him in a 1-week lead. Late mistakes jeopardized his place on the field in the second half of this tournament, but as the Riviera’s difficulty increased on Friday, Woods was finally able to find himself a tee spot. weekend.
