Tiger Woods in danger of missing cut at Open Championship - ESPN

TROON, Scotland — Tiger Woods said he didn't do much right while posting an 8-over 79 in the first round of the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Course on Thursday, which left him in danger of missing the cut in a third straight major for only the second time in his career.

Woods, a three-time winner of the Claret Jug, was tied for 140th when he walked off the course, 13 strokes behind clubhouse leader Shane Lowry.

The golfers with the low 70 scores and ties will make the 36-hole cut.

«I didn't do a whole lot of things right today,» Woods said. «I made that putt on the third hole, and then I think I had, what, three three-putts today? I didn't hit my irons very close, and I didn't give myself a whole lot of looks today. I need to shoot something in the mid-60s tomorrow to get something going on the weekend.»

If Woods doesn't do that, he'll be in danger of missing the cut in a third straight major. He wasn't around for the weekend at the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, in May or at the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina in June.

The only other time he missed the cut in three consecutive majors was in the U.S. Open, The Open and the PGA Championship in 2015.

Thursday's round was only the 10th Woods has completed in a PGA Tour event this season. He has competed in only five official events as he continues to rebuild his strength from injuries suffered in a car wreck in February 2021.

«I'm physically feeling a lot better than I did at the beginning of the year,» Woods said. «At the end of last year, it was tough, and I haven't played a whole lot. I think that, as the year has gone on, I have gotten better.

»I just wish I could have played a little bit more, but I've been