TT Postscript: Brilliant on front, bad backs
POTOMAC, Md. Tiger Woods capped off a final-round 66 with a determined fist pump en route to a tie for fourth. There were moments of greatness this week, but still too many mistakes holding him back. Scattered thoughts from a scatterbrained, sun-fried Tracker: Lets tackle the new putter. He really seems quite pleased with it:I rolled the ball well this week. I did some good work last week and the putter felt good. It felt good to start my ball on the lines again. I'm starting to see it, starting to feel it, and I had the pace pretty much good all week. The putts I missed, I hit a lot of good ones, which I don't mind because I hadn't been doing that for a while, the better part of two months. Even my good ones didn't look very good, so this was nice.Thats true. Its just not quite the whole story. Lets start with the good. After a pretty rough start on Thursday, Tiger finished this week seventh in strokes gained: putting. Thats a dramatic improvement over what he was doing in his previous starts and a reason for optimism. Once the lid came off early Friday, he was pouring in lengthy birdie putts. But he was far from trustworthy over the short ones. In fact, he was dead last in the field on putts made from inside of 10 feet at 60 of 73 (82.2 percent). So, yes, the whole putting picture was better but his effort from inside 10 feet was the absolute worst among the guys who played the weekend. Not all sunshine and daisies, you know? While Im ripping him, let me take a step back here. If you had told me 12 months ago I was going to be complaining that he was only seventh in the field in strokes gained: putting a year later, you would have found me running naked through the streets asking if KFC was still open. What I mean to say is, its impossible to manage expectations with this guy. Im glossing over his third top-10 this year. Thats nutty.
And yet, he finished 10 shots back. It used to be Tiger playing in a tournament all to himself. It can be again, if he just cleans up the mistakes. Woods tied Molinari for the most birdies of the week with 21. He absolutely has the firepower to do this and maybe even to start running away from some fields again. Its in there. He just has to rid himself of what else is in there. Speaking of what he needs to clean up, this was the first thing he mentioned Sunday at the podium and it was on my mind all week:Well, I think the last two days playing 13 and 14 the way I did I bogeyed 13 twice and then didn't birdie 14 either day and I was right there next to the green, he said. Those are things that I can't afford to do and expect to win a golf tournament.For context, the par-4 13th is a 367-yard, iron-wedge scoring opportunity. He missed two birdie putts from inside 7 feet on that green Thursday and Friday, and then made a mess of the benign hole Saturday and Sunday with wayward tee balls that set him up for bogeys. The driveable par-4 14th is another hole to circle, but he did that just once this week and lipped out a 3-footer on Sunday. In total, he played two of the easiest holes of the week a combined 1 over. He took a nice little shot at one of the golf associations. Ill let you guess which one. When asked about the upcoming Open Championship, he mused: That's one of the neat things about playing The Open Championship, they don't really care what par is, they just let whatever Mother Nature has. If it's in store for a wet Open, it is. If it's dry, it's dry. They don't try and manufacture an Open. Ya huh. Alright, where do we leave this? I think the disappointment stems from just how brilliant he looked on the front nine this weekend and how he couldnt extend that brilliance to the back. There were flashes once again this week, just as there have been so many other times this year. Were just waiting for those flashes to be more than flashes. Then maybe hell be the one winning by eight.
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Brandt Snedeker. Snedeker comes to the U.S. Open in decent form. He has only one top-10 finish in 2019, but has also missed only two cuts. What's really important, though, is his history at
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Tony Romo is tied for 31st through 36 holes in a Web.com Tour pre-qualifier, giving himself a chance to advance to the first stage of qualifying with one round to go. The top 36 and ties will advance.
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That gave Crocker, who was born in Zimbabwe, a berth in the 147th Open Championship at Carnoustie Golf Links in Angus, Scotland, on July 19-22. There were four spots available to those not otherwise exempt among the top 12 in Singapore as part of the Open Qualifying Series.
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The PGA Tour returns to Florida for the Valspar Championship at the Copperhead Course at the Innisbrook Golf Club. Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth, and Henrik Stenson headline the deep field that also includes Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose.
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Woods will play alongside Jordan Spieth and Henrik Stenson. So how can you watch? Televised coverage will begin at 2 p.m. ET on the Golf Channel. You can stream the Golf Channel's coverage online via NBCSports.com. On Friday, Woods will be in a featured group on PGA Tour Live, if you have subscription.
Kevin Streelman ran off five birdies in a six-hole stretch to overtake Martin for the lead, and Streelman hit a wedge into 5 feet on the 18th hole. hit a 6-iron over the water to the back of
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Birdie run gives Wheatcroft (62) early Deere lead. After closing his round with six straight birdies to shoot a 62, veteran Steve Wheatcroft enjoys a one-shot lead at the John Deere Classic.
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Lexi Thompson walks off as So Yeon Ryu celebrates her win. It was just as frustrating for LPGA commissioner Mike Whan as the rest of us, seeing Lexi Thompson assessed what totaled to a four-stroke penalty in the middle of the final round of the LPGA's first major, the ANA Inspiration, for something
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Three concerned golfers found In-Kyung Kim's clubs for sale at a local Play It Again Sports in Carlsbad, Calif. In-Kyung Kim's missing clubs rescued from sporting goods store Subscribe to
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Gligic collects first Web.com Tour victory in Panama Source: The Golf Channel Michael Gligic entered this week's Panama Championship with just one career top-10 finish on the Web.com Tour. Now, the 29-year-old Canadian is a Web.com Tour champion.
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia - Today, U.S. Team Captain Tiger Woods announced Fred Couples, Zach Johnson and Steve Stricker as three of his captain's assistants for the 2019 Presidents Cup, which will return to The Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia for a third time Dec. 9-15, 20
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"Amazing how @tigerwoods has become the moral authority on issues pertaining to women," Haney tweeted Tuesday. Hank Haney takes aim at Tiger Woods in latest social media post | Golf Channel Skip
Haney takes aim at Woods in latest social media post
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This time Haney took aim at Woods, whom he coached between 2004 and 2010, alluding to his sex scandal in 2009 and 2010. "Korean women are absolutely dominating the LPGA Tour". Woods told ESPN at the time that he remained thankful for Haney's impact on his career, but he was not happy about the book. "He deserved it", Woods said.
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