More surprising than Woods missing the cut in his return to the PGA Tour after 17 months away was that Jason Day and Dustin Johnson joined him. Day is the No. 1 player in the world coming off two weeks of intense practice in Palm Springs. Johnson is the PGA Tour player of the year, though perhaps a case could be made that he was still ragged from playing in Abu Dhabi last week.
But it wasn't just missing the cut.
Woods, Johnson and Day played 13 out of 18 holes on the easier North Course at Torrey Pines without any of them making a birdie.