Limping Tiger slumps to 6-over on Open return
Tiger Woods endured a miserable return to the Open Championship as the three-time champion laboured to a six-over-par 78 at St Andrews on Thursday to leave his chances of making the cut looking slim.
On a course where he has lifted the Claret Jug twice before, Woods' first appearance at a British Open since 2019 had been highly anticipated.
But the 15-time major winner's round never recovered from a double-bogey at the first after a poor approach shot found the water.
Woods missed the Open last year due to a car crash in February 2021 that left him requiring major surgery to his right leg.
The physical effects of that accident were evident as he hobbled around the course in a round lasting over six hours on a day marred by slow play.
"It was a long, slow day," said Woods.
"This was always on the calendar to hopefully be well enough to play it, and I am, I just didn't do a very good job of it."
64 - Cameron Young (USA)
66 - Rory McIlroy
67 - Robert Dinwiddie, Cameron Smith (AUS)
68 - Barclay Brown, Talor Gooch (USA), Viktor Hovland (NOR), Dustin Johnson (USA), Brad Kennedy (AUS), Scottie Scheffler (USA), Lee Westwood, Kurt Kitayama (USA)
69 - Bryson DeChambeau (USA), Padraig Harrington, Kim Joo-Hyung (KOR), Kim Si-Woo (KOR), Thriston Lawrence (RSA), Lee Kyoung-Hoon (KOR), Lee Min-Woo (AUS), Joaquin Niemann (CHI), John Parry, Ian Poulter, Xander Schauffele (USA), Sahith Theegala (USA), Scott Vincent (ZIM), Danny Willett
70 - Patrick Cantlay (USA), Thomas Detry (BEL), Ernie Els (RSA), Dylan Frittelli (RSA), Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley (USA), Lucas Herbert (AUS), Robert MacIntyre
71 - Abraham Ancer (MEX), Marcus Armitage, Dean Burmester (RSA), Paul Casey, Wyndham Clark (USA), Corey Conners (CAN), Justin de Los Santos (USA), Matt Ford,
