Tiger Woods Barely Sneaks into the Weekend at the Honda Classic

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Published: March 1, 2014

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Tiger Woods managed to sneak into the weekend at the Honda Classic with a one-under-par round of 69 this afternoon at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

Following a one-over-par round of 71 on Thursday, Woods made the turn in 34 strokes on Friday which put him at even par for the tournament.

Woods then proceeded to spend the next two hours exposing the good folks of South Florida to a Houdini-like short-game clinic, which allowed Woods to remain just one step ahead of the cut line.

Woods hit just two greens in regulation (the 15th and 18th) on the back nine at a golf course where water, bunkers and extremely thick rough literally lurk around every corner, yet he somehow managed to scratch and claw his way back to the clubhouse in 35 strokes, which secured him a tee time for Saturday morning.

Woods’ short-game heroics began at the 10th where he got up and down from a green-side bunker for par.

Woods then proceeded to send his tee on the 11th close to 40 yards right of the fairway. After chipping his ball back into play, Woods double crossed his approach shot and had to get up and down for bogey from a very difficult position on the short side of the green.

Woods adjusted for his push off of the tee at 11 by pulling his tee shot at 12 a good 20 yards left of the fairway. After knocking his approach shot into the green-side bunker, Woods was once again able to get up and down for a par.

Woods came up short and right of the 13th green with nothing more than a sand wedge in his hand, in what might very well have been the worst shot of his still very young 2014 PGA Tour season. Woods' chunked sand wedge at the 13th could best be described as a very poor shot from a very rusty golfer, which shouldn’t be overly surprising to anyone as this was only Woods’ fifth competitive round on the PGA Tour this season.

Luckily for Woods, he was immediately able t...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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