Major championship venues are made to expose a player’s weaknesses.
If that’s the case, then Tiger Woods still has plenty of them.
Once again, it was an instant replay for Woods during his first round of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
Once again, Woods floundered. Once again, he was over par, well over par, shooting 75, three-over and out of the top 100 in the field.
Woods played poorly, blaming it all on his putting. “It was one of the worst putting rounds I’ve had in a very long time,” he told anyone who wanted to listen. Woods contended his ball striking was “solid” but he may just be in denial on that one. He hit only 12 greens and found just seven fairways.
Once again, he’s in danger of missing the 36-hole cut as he did at the U.S. Open and British Open. In fact, any major venue not named Augusta National has bothered him.
Woods had every advantage. He played in the morning when there was a lot less wind than the afternoon wave faced.
At the U.S. Open, Woods was beaten by a number of amateur golfers. On Thursday, he was beaten by no less than two club professionals.
Once again, it was the type of play that simply makes the winner of 14 major championships more of a curiosity than contender.
