TIGER WOODS ADMITTED he felt ‘ticked off’ after failing to capitalise on taking the outright lead on the final day of the 147th Open Championship.
The 14-time major winner started the last round four shots back from a leading overnight trio that included reigning champion Jordan Spieth.
But he climbed to the summit of the leaderboard after getting to seven under as his rivals began to fall away.
However, he toiled at the 11th and the double-bogey six that resulted was followed by another dropped shot at the next hole, all but ending his challenge as playing partner Francesco Molinari ultimately claimed the Claret Jug.
A little ticked off at myself for sure,” said Woods. “I had a chance starting that back nine to do something, and I didn’t do it.
“Starting out the day, I saw that Jason [Day] played a beautiful round early [shooting a 68]. Brooksy [Brooks Koepka] played another solid round [70].
“I thought nine [under] would be the number. There are three guys at nine. I thought one of those guys would shoot even par. I thought it was tough out there, but I figured I needed to go get that number so far.
Next thing, lo and behold, I’m tied for the lead, and then I’m leading it. Unfortunately, I hit a bad three iron off the tee there at 11. Grass grabbed my shaft again and hit it left. I made a couple mistakes around the green. And same thing at 12.”
Despite his evident disappointment, Woods did enjoy being involved at the business end of a major again, 10 years on from his last triumph.
He added: “Oh, it was a blast. I was saying earlier that I need to try and keep it in perspective because, the beginning of the year, if they’d have said you’re playing The Open Championship, I would have said I’d be very lucky to do that.”
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All these younger “superstars” still don’t create the buzz that Tiger does, golf is lucky to have him back.
Delighted. Comes across as an a hole, be glad if he never wins another major
@Andrew Taz Donohoe: stick to pitch n toss Andy..
@Andrew Taz Donohoe: Exactly. Its a disgrace the amount of people on here that support this serial cheater who caused his family so much pain. He deserved the flop yesterday on top of the years of injuries and total loss of form.
@John Buckley: maybe those people are golf fans and appreciate that he’s probably the greatest sportsman of his generation. I’d say most people don’t give a shit about his lifestyle. I know I don’t, it’s none of my business.
@Ciaran Rice: They are hardly golf fans when they are only posting during majors; probably don’t know what tournament is on this week. He is no where near the greatest sportsman of his generation. That’s an insult to true great sportsmen like Federer, Nadal, Messi, Ronaldo etc. Most people would not consider golfers to be sportsmen.
You are a disgrace for supporting the serial cheater.
@John Buckley: Hope you dont listen to music from any band linked to drugs like the Beatles. Everysports person you follow has a squeakly clean life. No one can every make a mistake in thier life. I’ll leave you to get back to your daniel o donnel cd.
@Kingshu: It was a lot more than a mistake you idiot. All them numerous infidelities were intentional so can’t be called a mistake, you ridiculous idiot.
@John Buckley: possibley the most stupidest, most idiotic and most ignorant comment I have ever read here.
@Ardmore02: everything I said is fact so can’t be ignorant. Also, it is either most stupid or stupidest. This makes you the most stupid idiot on here.
Very flattering pic of Woods!
Don’t personally like the guy or his lifestyle antics, but you gotta take your hat off him !