Woods to compete at Wyndham

“Only way you can do that is by playing”, he said.

“You have to give yourself an opportunity and I haven’t given myself that opportunity the last few majors”, he said, referring to the U.S. and British Opens as well as this week’s event at Whistling Straits.

Woods caused a stir Friday night when he committed to the Wyndham Championship next week in North Carolina, a tournament he has never played.

That was in 2010, when he grounded his club in a trash-strewn bunker and was penalized two shots, which kept him out of a playoff for the PGA Championship. “Hence, took the break to try and figure it out, and came back at Augusta and had my short game back”. “I’m not annoyed, just a little more disappointed with how I finished”.

With rounds of 75 and 73, and the cut line set at 2-over par, Tiger’s 4-over par 148 didn’t get it done.

It was the third consecutive time this year Woods has missed the cut at a major, the first time in his career he has done that.

“I’m glad that we are in”, said Day.

That’s for certain, after Woods was errant with his driver and metal woods, finding just 14 of 28 his fairways off the tee, and unable to capitalize with his putter after hitting a decent 23 of 36 greens in regulation. The man didn’t miss four cuts in majors through his first 17 years as a professional. There was some gallows humour about being back in Florida in time to watch the PGA Championship leaders tee off from his new sports bar, Woods Jupiter, and a courageous face despite the lack of evidence to support his unremitting optimism. I hit too many balls and neglected my chipping, because I thought that was sound again. His first shot was a tough chip he sent 20 feet past the hole at No. 14. Fans think he ought to stay away from competition, relax-if that’s even possible after missing the cut in a third straight major-and reflect. Sitting 279 points out of the final qualifying spot, Woods would essentially need to win and earn the 500 FedEx Cup points that come with it.

“The confidence is growing quickly”, Woods said of his new swing. “That’s the fun part”.

Afterward he said, “Well, I hit it great today”-this is tad hyperbolic but since it’s Tiger’s quote we’ll let it go-“but I made actually nothing”.

“I guess (my) PGA Tour season may be coming to a close, but I’ve still got plenty of golf to play around the world”, he said. “Now if I can start putting like I did today or what I did at Quicken Loans a couple weeks ago, start putting like that, then we’ve got something”. People keep asking me this week: ‘Is it your season?’ No, it’s not really about the season, it’s about the year. “If I don’t, then I have more time to practice and get ready for the following events, for the next season and obviously some of the things I do on a global level”.

About 60 players came back to Whistling Straits early this morning to finish the second round, which was suspended when a strong storm hit late Friday afternoon.