'I had a few tears' - Emotional Tiger Woods rules out retirement after missing the Open Championship cut

Tiger Woods has ruled out retirement, but knows he must improve his fitness levels following his emotional exit from the Open Championship. Woods is on another comeback, this time from a serious car crash that left him with severe injuries to his right leg. Ad/> He has played only three times this season, at the Masters, US PGA Championship and The Open, and his results got progressively worse.

The OpenOpen Championship 2022: Tee times, prize money, TV coverage as Tiger heads field13/07/2022 AT 08:57 That was despite Woods saying his fitness had improved as the year went on, and he arrived in St Andrews hopeful that he could contend for a fourth Claret Jug. His challenge disappeared after a 78 on Thursday, and Friday proved to be damage limitation as he finished on nine-over for 36 holes and well outside the cut line. He was given a huge ovation walking up the 18th, while his great friend Rory McIlroy tipped his cap as he went the opposite way down the first.

/> Woods shed tears walking up 18, and was hugely thankful to the crowd at St Andrews. “As I walked further along the fairway, I saw Rory right there,” Woods said. “He gave me the tip of the cap.

It was a pretty cool — the nods I was getting from guys as they were going out and I was coming in, just the respect, that was pretty neat. And from a players' fraternity level, it's neat to see that and feel that. “And then as I got into the shot — or closer to the green, more into the hole, the ovation got louder and got — you could feel the warmth and you could feel the people from both sides.

Felt like the whole tournament was right there. “I had a few tears. I'm not one who gets very teary-eyed very often about anything.