‘I didn’t do a whole lot of things right’: Tiger Woods in danger of missing the cut after toiling Open start

Tiger Woods faces an uphill battle to make the weekend at the Open Championship after toiling to an eight-over 79 during the first round of the major in Scotland on Thursday.

Tiger Woods faces an uphill battle to make the weekend at the Open Championship after toiling to an eight-over 79 during the first round of the major in Scotland on Thursday. The 48-year-old made a bright start amid wet and windy conditions at Royal Troon, parring twice before producing one of the shots of the day with a brilliant curling birdie putt from just off the green on the third hole. Yet except for another birdie at the 13th, it was mostly misery for the 15-time major champion, as six bogeys and two double bogeys wrecked his early momentum. Woods’ first double came at the par-three fifth after he got into bunker trouble, the second arriving at the 11th “Railway” hole after the American sent his tee drive skewing towards the train tracks running along the right side of the fairway – just as Rory McIlroy had done earlier. It resigned the three-time Open winner to just his sixth career major round in which he has shot eight over or worse, according to ESPN. With only the top-70 and ties after Friday’s second round securing passage to the weekend, Woods will require a huge turnaround if he is to avoid missing a third consecutive major cut for the second time in his career.