Tiger Woods arrived at Royal Troon saying he could contend. He left with only sympathy to show for his efforts, writes Tom English.
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Friday - a day that saw golf carnage visited upon the giants as much as the minnows - marked Woods’ third missed cut on the bounce in the majors this year. His body has failed him. He’s a shadow of the force he once was and nothing is going to allow him to turn back time at this point, no matter how much he says it can be done and no matter how much his fans want to see it happen.
Why is he doing this to himself? What enjoyment is he deriving from it? How could the greatest golfer most of us have ever seen - and are ever likely to see - take any solace from being a bit-part player on the stage he owned for so long? Out there, getting blown off course, and hitting shots that his imperious, fitter self would never have hit, he did not look like a man who was loving anything bar the thought of the journey home.
"Yeah, I've won two Open Championships here in Scotland, so I've always enjoyed playing up here and enjoyed the different types of links that Scotland brings."Woods comes across as a man who's hating the struggle but can't let go.
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