Woods, who rebounded by reducing the number of strokes, passed two major cuts in a row after returning
Enter 2022.05.21 (10:28)
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Tiger Woods (USA), the ‘golf king’, returned after a car accident and passed the cut in both major tournaments.
Woods shot a 1-under par 71 with four birdies, one bogey and one double bogey in the second round of the PGA Championship held at Southern Hills Country Club (par 70, 7,556 yards) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA on the 21st (Korean time). hit
Woods, who finished tied for 99th with a four-over-par 74 in the first round the day before, finished the cut with a total of 143 three-over-pars over two days, moving up to a tie for 53rd.
After being unable to stand on the field for a while due to a car accident in February of last year, it is the second consecutive cut pass following the Masters last month (tied 47th), which was the stage for the comeback.
Woods, who suffered a severe leg injury in a car accident and used crutches for a long time, showed a sign of discomfort in his leg in the first round of this tournament, and even confessed to being in pain.
There were ups and downs that day too, but the performance was much better than the day before.
Woods, who could not reduce the number of strokes by swapping a birdie and bogey for the first half of the game by starting the game on the 1st hole, put a birdie about 3m on the 10th hole (par 4), but on the 11th hole (par 3), the ball went into a rough and a bunker. After sending it, I finally wrote a double bogey.
However, he has since cut one stroke off the 13th hole (par 5) and 16th hole (par 4) without bogey so he can play on the weekend.
Woods raised both the fairway landing rate (78.57%) and the green hit rate (55.56%) from the previous day (71.43% and 38.89%, respectively).
The PGA Tour website said that after signing the scorecard, he said, “I have a mission. To go forward and win somehow.”
“I hope tomorrow will be able to do the same things Bubba did today,” Woods said in an interview with local media after the game. He was referring to Bubba Watson (4th at 5-under 135 in the US/middle total), who drove 7-under that day.
Woods said, “I’ve won a competition that passed by the cut. That’s why I have to somehow pass the cut and play on the weekend.” .
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