Golf Betting – Tiger Woods Misses Cut at British Open 2009

As mentioned, Tiger Woods was +5 after two rounds and the with the cut set at +4 that is bad news for Eldrick?he missed the cut.

The world’s No. 1 player missed the cut Friday at the British Open, shooting a 4-over 74 at Turnberry that had him headed back home to Florida on the same day that 59-year-old Tom Watson tied for the 36-hole lead.

It is the first time Woods has missed a cut since the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot, where he was playing for the first time since the death of his father, Earl, in May of that year.

Depending on how you view the numbers, it was either the fifth or sixth missed cut of Woods’ PGA Tour career.

His only true missed cuts before Friday came at the 1997 Canadian Open, the 2005 Byron Nelson Championship, the 2005 Funai Championship and the 2006 U.S. Open.

Tiger Woods holds the PGA Tour record of 142 consecutive cuts made from the 1998 Buick Invitational until the 2005 Nelson. That streak began after the ‘98 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, from which he withdrew when the final round of the event had to be rescheduled for six months later because of weather. While he technically did not miss the cut, the WD is a gray area.

None of that was of any concern to Woods on Friday after he made two double-bogeys on the back nine at Turnberry.

Tiger has failed to capture a golf major title this year and will have only one opportunity after the British Open to win one with the upcoming PGA championship at Hazeltine Golf Club in Minnesota in August.

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