Tiger Woods misses Open cut, unsure of St. Andrews return

Tiger Woods will miss the cut at The Open Championship for just the fourth time in his career after carding a 3-over-par 75 in Friday's second round at St. Andrews in Scotland. Following Thursday's 78, Woods stood at 9 over, far off the projected cut line of even par. The top 70 golfers and ties will make it to the weekend; Woods was tied for 150th out of 156 golfers when he walked off the course.

He missed a cut for the first time since his return to competitive golf following a car accident in February 2021 that left his right leg and foot badly injured. The question turned to whether Woods, 46, would be able to play another Open Championship at St. Andrews, where he won in 2000 and 2005. It's likely to be several years before the major returns to the birthplace of golf as part of the rotation of Open courses. "I've been lucky enough to have been (playing at St. Andrews) since 1995," Woods told NBC Sports after his round. "I don't know if I'll be physically able to play another British Open here at St. Andrews. I certainly feel like I'll be able to play more British Opens, but I don't know if I'll be around when it comes back around here." Woods made his return at the Masters in April, reached the weekend there and finished 47th. At the PGA Championship the next month, he made the cut but withdrew after the third round due to ongoing pain in his leg and foot.

Woods skipped the US Open so he could physically recover in time to play the 150th Open at the course he said is his favorite in the world. Woods made his only birdie of the day at the par-4 third hole by draining a 28-foot putt. But he lipped out his par putt at the fourth, bogeyed again at the sixth and was stuck in neutral the rest of the way. At the par-5