Tiger Woods (+3) shoots 1-under 69 in second round to make cut at PGA Championship

TULSA, Okla. — Tiger Woods will be around for the weekend at the 104th PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club.

Needing to avoid a bogey down the stretch to stay on the right side of the cut line, the 15-time major champion did better than that, with a birdie on the 16th hole. He shot 1-under 69 in the second round, which pushed him to 3 over through 36 holes. The expected cut line is 4 over.

While Woods isn't positioned on the leaderboard where he probably wants to be (he was tied for 52nd when he finished), he's still sticking around for the final 36 holes, which is more than what PGA stars such as world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Cantlay, Dustin Johnson, Adam Scott and Daniel Berger can say after missing the cut. Woods has made the cut in 18 of 22 starts at the PGA Championship.

Woods, a four-time PGA Championship winner, has now made the cut in three straight majors, which matches his longest streak since 2015. He tied for 38th at the 2020 Masters and tied for 47th at Augusta National in April.

Woods is playing in just his second official tour event since he was seriously injured in a car accident outside Los Angeles on Feb. 23, 2021. He seemed to be more comfortable and engaged on Friday than he was in the first round, when he shot 4-over 70. He played in the morning wave on Thursday and seemed to benefit from a later tee time on Friday.

Woods was also on the right side of the draw in terms of the weather; he didn't have to battle wind gusts up to 25 mph that plagued other players on Friday morning. The wind had largely died down by the time Woods and his playing partners, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth, started their round.

While Woods limped and grimaced at times, he battled and fought through pain