Tiger Woods matches his worst score in a golf major
This isn't the kind of record Tiger Woods had in mind. Woods went out of bounds on his second tee shot of the final round at Merion and closed with a four-over 74. That gave him his worst 72-hole score as a pro in the US Open, and it tied for his highest score in any major.
This isn't the kind of record Tiger Woods had in mind.
Woods went out of bounds on his second tee shot of the final round at Merion and closed with a four-over 74. That gave him his worst 72-hole score as a pro in the US Open, and it tied for his highest score in any major.
"I did a lot of things right," Woods said. "Unfortunately, I did a few things wrong, as well."
Woods finished at 13-over on 293.
His previous highest score in a US Open was 290 at The Olympic Club, San Francisco, in 1998 and Shinnecock Hills, New York, in 2004. Woods shot 294 at Oakland Hills, Michigan, in 1996 as an amateur.
On Friday, Woods was four shots off the lead and very much in the hunt to end his five-year drought in the majors. Then, he went 76-74 for his worst weekend in a major championship. Just over two weeks ago, the world's No1 player had won three of his last four events on the PGA Tour and was starting to establish his dominance.