Tiger Woods Looks Like Mere Mortal: Shoots 44 in Memorial Tournament

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Published: June 1, 2013

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Tiger Woods posted his worst nine-hole score as a professional Saturday on the back nine at Muirfield Village Golf Club. Jack Nicklaus’ supreme test of golf has claimed another victim.

Woods started his round on No. 10 tee, made a double-bogey at the difficult par-3 No. 12, followed by another double-bogey at No. 15. He made bogey on No. 17 and topped it all off with a triple-bogey at No. 18 for an eight-over par 44.

He also made double-bogey on the par-5 No. 15 in the second round on Friday. He is five-over par on that hole alone this week. Don’t let Tiger near a bulldozer.

From 138 yards in the middle of the 18th fairway (his ninth hole) his second shot found the false front and rolled 30 yards back down the fairway. Facing a delicate chip, he again left it short of the crest of the slope and was forced to helplessly watch the ball roll back down and off the green.

His fourth shot went a little over four feet past the hole. He missed the quick downhill putt and failed to convert the return. His three putts added up to a triple-bogey, 7 and a total of 44 strokes.

His previous worst nine-hole round was a 43 in the 2010 Quail Hollow Championship. It was his first tournament back after his self-imposed leave-of-absence from the tour due to marital problems made public at the end of 2009.

He also posted a 43 for nine holes at the 2007 Arnold Palmer Invitational when he found the water on two consecutive holes at Bay Hill.

Seemingly immune to these types of rounds, Woods rarely allows his score to venture too far above even par.  

This is exactly the reason that golf is so frustratingly maddening to the average golfer. Golfers can string together a few good shots, maybe even a few good holes before the wheels come completely off and doubles, triples and the dreaded others once again rule the day.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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