Tiger Woods making a last-ditch effort to qualify for FedEx Cup
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — With another missed cut at a major championship looming and time running out on qualifying for the FedEx Cup, Tiger Woods is heaving one last Hail Mary.
Woods announced on Friday night that he has committed to next weekend's Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C. The event is the last tournament before the FedEx Cup playoff field is set at 125 players.
Woods, who has never played in Greensboro before, is currently 186th in the FedEx Cup standings and is 279 points behind S.J. Park for the final spot. A long-shot win at Wyndham, which will feature a handful of the top 50 players, would give Woods 500 points and likely get him in. A second-place finish would give him 300 points and likely leave him short depending on how other players finish.
Woods has played in 10 events this year, with his highest finish a T-17 at The Masters.
The commitment to Wyndham comes as somewhat of a surprise, because Woods has not played very good golf at this week's PGA Championship at Whistling Straits so far. He struggled with his putting during an expletive-laden round of 75 on Thursday and was at one-over through 13 holes for the day on Friday when play was suspended. Woods is currently 4-over.
With the projected cut at plus-1, it'll take a furious rally for Woods to make the cut when play resumes on Saturday morning. Otherwise, his PGA Championship experience could look a lot like his turn at the British Open. A weather delay at St. Andrews meant that Woods also had to come back on Saturday, even though he was well on his way to missing the cut.
Woods said earlier this week that the caliber of his play would determine his schedule going forward. But after his performance over the first two rounds at Whistling Straits, followed by the commitment to Wyndham, it looks like he's changing plans.
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