Tiger rues his tight schedule

– Tiger Woods said on Thursday he might have been better off skipping last week’s opening event of the PGA Tour playoffs to ensure he is not running on empty at next month’s Ryder Cup.

In the midst of his first stretch of three consecutive tournaments this year, Woods (above) was not consistently sharp last week as he finished among the also-rans at the Northern Trust, which was won by Bryson DeChambeau in New Jersey.

After a couple of days off, Woods has rebooted for the Dell Technologies Championship that started yesterday.

“It’s a long stretch if you have Ryder Cup on the backside,” he said on the eve of the TPC Boston tournament. “Some of the guys who skipped last week, it might have been a smart move.”

He was referring specifically to Europeans Rory McIlroy and Henrik Stenson.

The Ryder Cup takes place in Paris from September 28 to 30 and it will complete an extremely busy stretch for Woods and most of the other players on the US and European teams.

Woods is technically not part of the Ryder Cup team yet but few doubt that Jim Furyk will take him as one of four captain’s picks.

The PGA Tour has built a bye week into the play-offs after next week’s BMW Championship to give players a short rest before the season-ending Tour Championship and then the Ryder Cup.

“My golf is not going to be much if anything post-Ryder Cup,” said Woods. “We’re just pushing it to that point and then shutting it down.” – Reuters

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