WOODS BEMOANS PUTTING WOES AFTER MAKING CUT
Tiger Woods made the 13th time in 15 the cut for tou rna - ments since his return to golf but admits he will need to rediscover his touch on the greens to move up the leaderboard at the Northern Trust this weekend.
two rounds after making just two birdies and an equal number of bogeys to post his second straight score of 71 for an even-par tally at Ridgewood Country Club on Friday.
It left Woods right on the level par cut-off mark and trailing 10 shots behind the leading duo of fellow Americans Jamie Lovemark (66) and PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka (65) who head the now
but despite missing just two of 18 greens on Friday, he needed 35 putts to make par.
“It’s just the nature of the game as you’ve got to make putts and you’ve got to roll it,” Woods said.
“No matter how good your drive is, you’ve still got to roll them and still got to make putts and I didn’t putt very well today. I had a hard time seeing my lines, and consequently, didn’t make anything.”
two days, that’s not going to get it done out here.
“It’s just one day. Golf’s one of those things where you just have to make putts. I mean, no matter how good you hit your golf ball tee-to-green, still got to hole it.
“Today was one of those days when I didn’t make anything. Just got to do some work.”
However, with 10 shots now covering the entire
“I wouldn’t say my iron-play was as sharp as it has been but it wasn’t that bad,” he said. “I just didn’t roll the ball very good. I could never get anything kind of rolling. Make two-out-of-three, three outof-four holes, get on any kind of run. Consequently, I’m ten back.”
Woods will tee off early on Saturday alongside England’s Ian Poulter.