ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – Tiger Woods is the only player in the Open field who can relate to what Jordan Spieth is going through this week on the Old Course.
In 2002, Woods arrived at Muirfield with victories in the first two majors of the year and trailed by only two shots heading into the weekend. That's when he got caught in the worst of the conditions, battling fierce winds and driving rain en route to a third-round 81 – the worst score of his pro career until this season.
“Just happened to catch it at the wrong time,” he said, and though Woods came back with a closing 65 to salvage a T-28 finish at the Open, his chance to become the first player to complete the modern Grand Slam was lost in a matter of hours.