PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - For the second straight week, Tiger Woods found himself playing the final nine of a golf course struggling to make the cut instead of surging into contention.
Woods was unable to get much going on Friday at TPC Sawgrass, making two birdies and a single bogey to shoot 1-under-par 71 and put himself on the cut line at the Players Championship.
At least he had a chance to make it, as the much-hyped group of Woods, Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler fizzled.
Mickelson flamed out Thursday with an opening-round 79; Fowler was on his way to a weekend tee time before he lost a ball in a tree on his 15th hole that led to a double bogey.