PGA Tour: Tiger Woods has awful day at the Memorial Tournament

During his legendary PGA Tour career, Tiger Woods has had a number of good days at the Memorial Tournament. Friday was not one of those days

Tiger Woods has had a ton of success at the Memorial Tournament during his PGA Tour. Woods has won at Muirfield Village Golf Club five times during his historic career, more than any other player in the 44-year history of the event.

However, Friday was one of Woods’ worst days ever at the event. It’s a round that Tiger will always remember, but for all of the wrong reasons.

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It didn’t start too badly for the Big Cat. Playing the back nine first, Woods parred the 10th and 11th holes to begin his round. Then, he stuck his tee shot on the par-3 12th hole and ran in the three-foot birdie putt to get to 1-under on his round.

However, the round fell apart for Woods after that. On the 13th hole, Woods pulled his drive to the left rough and his approach left him about 40 feet for birdie. Woods missed that putt, as well as the five footer for par, registering his first bogey of the day.

After a par on the 14th hole, Woods was in trouble again on the 15th. His tee shot went right and he was forced to pitch out. However, he was unable to get to the fairway and his third shot came up short on the par five. His fourth shot was less than his best and left him a 25-foot par putt which Woods nearly made. However, he would bogey to move to 1-over for the day.

Woods would par 16, bogey 17 and par 18 to complete his first nine with a 2-over par 38. That left him at 1-over par for the tournament.

On his second nine, things got worse for Tiger. In fact, they got worse in a hurry

Woods started his second nine with a double bogey at the first hole to move to 4-over on his round. He then bogeyed the second hole, slipping to 5-over par for the day and 3-over for the event.

From there, things calmed down quite a bit for Woods. He would register mundane pars on the third, fourth and fifth holes to remain at 5-over on his round.

However, on the sixth hole, Woods got in trouble off the tee again, hitting his drive into the right rough. He pitched out into the fairway then hit his approach to about six feet. However, he missed the six-foot par putt, taking another bogey and falling to 6-over on the day.

Being the great champion that he is, Woods did not give up on his round. He came back with a birdie on the par-5 seventh hole, making a birdie putt after an outstanding bunker shot.

On the par-3 eighth hole, Woods hit his tee shot to about 20 feet, the ran in his long birdie putt to get back to 4-over for the round.

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Needing to birdie his final hole to likely have a chance to make the cut, Woods again found the rough off the tee and was forced to pitch out. He hit his third shot from 100 yards to within seven feet and made the putt to finish the day at 4-over par and to notch a 3-over round through 36 holes. The projected cut when Tiger left the course was 2-over par. However, with some late movement, the cut moved to 3-over and Tiger will be able to play the weekend.

It wasn’t the return to golf that Woods had hoped for, but it was still good to have the Big Cat back on the PGA Tour. And since the afternoon fell in his direction, he will be around for the weekend, despite one of his worst days ever at Muirfield Village.

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