Friday, 19 June 2015

Open 2015.Tiger woods says his on the right track


US Open 2015: Tiger Woods says he is on 'the right track'
19 Jun
"I couldn't grind out any harder than that. So that's just the way I played and
unfortunately it was a high number."
US Open
Venue: Chambers Bay, Washington Dates: 18-21 June
Coverage: Live commentary on the final two rounds on BBC Radio 5 live
Saturday and Sunday 22:00-03:00. Live text updates from 19:00 BST of
every round on the BBC Sport website. Read full details here
Three-time winner Tiger Woods says he is lacking consistency and is still
rusty following back surgery after making a "tough" start to the US Open.
Woods, 39, shot a 10-over-par 80 in the first round at Chambers Bay, and is
already 15 shots behind the leaders.
"It's one of those things, I've just got to work through it," the former world
number one said.

"I'm trying as hard as I can to do it, I just can't get the consistency that I'd like

to have out there."

Analysis: Iain Carter, BBC Sport golf correspondent

"Woods looked utterly lost from the moment he struck a horrible second

shot into the rough at the first.He dropped four shots in his first six holes,

his club flew from his hands as he hacked from the rough on the eighth and

he racked up a triple bogey at the 14th.At the last he embarrassingly topped

his second shot on route to the 80 - his second worst round in a major.It's

being suggested he should take yet another break from the game and

Woods ability to compete again at the highest level is increasingly open to

question."

Fourteen-time major winner Woods registered a triple bogey on the 14th and

is well behind leaders Dustin Johnson of America and Sweden's Henrik

Stenson who are on five under.

Only Rich Berberian Jr, a club professional playing in his first US Open, and

Rickie Fowler had worse rounds.

A birdie at the 16th was the lone bright spot before Woods finished with a

bogey to leave him tied 152nd, one shot clear of Fowler and three in front of

Berberian.

Woods has been hampered by a back problem for some time.

The American missed the 2014 Masters, a competition he has won four times,

after having surgery on a pinched nerve in his back before withdrawing from

the 2014 US Open.

Woods also withdrew from the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in

February because of it.

"I haven't played enough. I haven't had a rhythm to my play," added the 2000,

2002 and 2008 US Open winner.

"I didn't play much last year and I haven't played much this year. Knee

surgeries are pretty easy compared to a back surgery and, for some reason,

it's just a lot harder dealing with a nerve than a joint."

Asked if he was on the right track, Woods added: "Yeah, I am, I am. I know

when I do it right, it's so easy.

"I just need to do it more often and build from there.

Woods by numbers

15 - shots off the lead. 195 - current world ranking.

9 - bogeys or worse, including

a triple-bogey seven on the

14th.

27 - majors played since Woods won the

last of his 14 in 2008.

152 - round leaves him in a tie

for 152nd place, with only two

players having fared worse on

day one.

81 - Woods' worst round at a major, at the

Open Championship in 2002.

105 - width of the 13th

fairway at Chambers Bay in

yards, the widest in US Open

history; Woods missed it.

302 - worst four-round total of his career,

which also included a career-worst 85,

recorded on his last outing at the Memorial

Tournament earlier this month.

"I've gone through tough phases before and I've come out OK on the other

side."

Woods, without a major title since his US Open victory seven years ago at

Torrey Pines, added: "I fought, I fought hard.

"I couldn't grind out any harder than that. So that's just the way I played and

unfortunately it was a high number."

Despite his round, Woods was still able to find a bit of humour in his

performance.

"The bright side is at least I kicked Rickie's [Fowler] butt," he joked.

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