Tiger Woods misses the cut AGAIN as golf legend crashes out of The Open in another major nightmare at Royal Troon

Tiger Woods has missed different trim astatine a awesome tournament.

With a projected trim statement of +5 astatine nan ongoing Open Championship astatine Royal Troon, Woods is each but guaranteed to beryllium retired of nan tourney aft posting a +14 complete nan first 2 rounds.

Woods' dismal Friday included a double bogey connected nan 2nd spread arsenic good arsenic bogeys connected nan fifth, ninth, 12th, 14th and 17th. He vanished Friday pinch a 77 (+6) aft his 78 (+8) connected Thursday. 

So acold this twelvemonth Woods has missed nan trim astatine nan PGA Championship astatine nan Valhalla Golf Club successful Kentucky and nan US Open astatine North Carolina’s Pinehurst No. 2. 

Woods, who continues to conflict injuries, was likewise atrocious astatine the Masters, finishing +16 which included a ghastly 82 successful his 3rd round. 

His early exit astatine Royal Troon follows a contentious speech pinch retired subordinate and announcer Colin Montgomerie, who questioned nan play legend's beingness astatine nan tournament. 

Montgomerie said successful an question and reply successful The Times past Saturday that Woods's champion days are down him. From there, Montgomerie shared his representation of seeing Woods struggling astatine Pinehurst past period and wondering: 'What nan hellhole is he doing?'

in response, Woods was defiant ('As a past champion, I'm exempt until I'm 60'), but yet grounded to beryllium he belonged astatine nan 2024 Open Championship, starting pinch a sadistic first information connected Thursday. 

Woods fired his opening thrust 201 yards disconnected nan first tee, uncovering nan first trim of unsmooth connected nan correct broadside of nan fairway.

He came adjacent to an opening birdie, rolling his effort to wrong 2 feet for a tap-in par earlier yet entering nan reddish astatine nan third.

But nan struggles, which were erstwhile a daze but now a customary sight, began astatine nan fourth.

Royal Troon instantly snatched nan changeable backmost from Tiger's claws astatine nan 4th wherever he grounded to prehend connected nan par-five opportunity earlier he sank into nan achromatic pinch a double-bogey 5 connected nan par-three fifth.

His specified 2 birdies were nary lucifer for nan full of six bogeys, including 2 consecutive connected 17 and 18 to wrap up his round, and 2 doubles, featuring a travel to nan train tracks astatine 11, arsenic an opening 79 plundered his hopes.

And he wasn't nan only erstwhile champion to struggle successful nan first round: Cameron Smith (+9), Rory McIlroy (+7), and Louis Oosthuizen (+7) were each overwhelmed astatine Royal Troon connected Thursday.

Woods reiterated his purpose to tame Troon successful his conquest of a 16th awesome triumph earlier this week - thing he is adamant his war-torn assemblage tin still accomplish.

Yet, nan stats spell retired a different story. The play icon missed nan trim astatine some nan PGA Championship and nan US Open and while he battled done to nan play astatine nan Masters , he vanished successful 60th and past place.

However, Woods' connection remained nan aforesaid he's maintained for nan past 2 years: He wouldn't show up unless he believed he had a changeable astatine victory.

And, up of this week's tournament, he fixed his glare connected those who asked him why we could expect thing different connected a people that he conceded will 'eat you up' if conditions turn.