Tiger Woods Struggles At The Open Championship, Needs Miracle To Make Cut

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When Tiger Woods shockingly won the 2019 Masters at 43 years old, many wondered if it would be the last time we would see the legend capture a major championship. Well, Woods isn't going to win a major in 2024 after a poor first round at The Open Championship on Thursday. 

In fact, it'd be a near miracle if the former World No. 1 golfer managed to even make the cut. 

Woods started strong on Thursday, making par on his first two holes before sinking a lengthy putt from off the green for birdie on the third hole. 

That was the highlight of the day, though. 

Woods would go on to bogey the next hole before making double-bogey on five. He'd make two more bogeys on the front nine to close the front side at four-over. 

Woods made another double bogey on 11 before a bogey on 12 to drop to plus-seven on the day, his low point of the round. 

Tiger Woods once again struggled during the first round of The Open Championship and appears headed for another missed cut.

Tiger Woods once again struggled during the first round of The Open Championship and appears headed for another missed cut.

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He bounced back with a birdie on 13, but made three straight pars before giving that birdie back with a bogey on 17 to drop back to seven-over. He finished with another bogey on 18 and carded a 79. 

According to DataGolf, the cutline is likely to be either +5 or +6, meaning Woods is going to have to shoot under par to make the cut. He's probably going to need to shoot 68 or better. 

The problem is that Woods has just one Open Championship round under 70 in the past decade and that came back in 2019 when he finished in a tie for sixth place. 

In fact, Woods hasn't made the cut at an Open Championship since that tournament. And that is the only cut he has made at the Open since 2014. 

Since that Masters win in 2019, Tiger Woods hasn't finished better than 21st place in a major tournament. 

With the 2024 season seemingly over, Woods is running low on time to get back to form to compete at major tournaments. He turns 49 years old in December and Father Time is undefeated.

Although we can't ever count Tiger Woods out, the odds he ever stands atop the golf world again are not in his favor. Not even close. 

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