Tiger Woods on salvage mission this week
American looking to qualify for FedEx Cup playoffs at Whistling Straits
Tiger Woods reacts to his second shot on the 15th hole during the first round of the Quicken Loans National at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. PHOTO: AFP
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Tiger Woods insists there is reason for optimism as he looks to the final major of 2015 — the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
On the face of it, the 14-time major champion is on a salvage mission, having missed back-to-back cuts at major tournaments for the first time in his career with early exits at the US Open and British Open.
Whether Woods can halt that streak seems a more viable question than whether he can end a major title drought that now stretches back to his 2008 US Open triumph.
However, Woods said his performance next week will dictate the rest of his year.
If he has a strong enough showing, he could add the Wyndham Championship to his schedule in a bid to qualify for the US PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs.
“Hopefully I can get into the top 100 [in the FedEx Cup standings] and play the event,” he said this week.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 10th, 2015.
Tiger Woods insists there is reason for optimism as he looks to the final major of 2015 — the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
On the face of it, the 14-time major champion is on a salvage mission, having missed back-to-back cuts at major tournaments for the first time in his career with early exits at the US Open and British Open.
Whether Woods can halt that streak seems a more viable question than whether he can end a major title drought that now stretches back to his 2008 US Open triumph.
However, Woods said his performance next week will dictate the rest of his year.
If he has a strong enough showing, he could add the Wyndham Championship to his schedule in a bid to qualify for the US PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs.
“Hopefully I can get into the top 100 [in the FedEx Cup standings] and play the event,” he said this week.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 10th, 2015.