GAINESVILLE, Va. — Tiger Woods knows he's played poorly over the past two years. Now, he's facing the prospect of an early end to his season.
Normally, the Quicken Loans National would be the beginning of a busy stretch of golf for Woods, including the year's final major, a World Golf Championship and the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Not this year. Barring a dramatic turnaround, this week's tournament will be his second-to-last before the new PGA Tour season begins in the fall.
Woods is 197th in the FedEx Cup standings — the top 125 make the playoffs — and he needs a victory just to be eligible for next week's Bridgestone Invitational, on a course where he's won eight times.