‘Golf Emperor’ Tiger Woods (USA), who participated in an official tournament after 7 months, was in danger of missing the cut.
Woods tied two birdies and five bogeys in the second round of the Genesis Invitational (total prize money of $20 million) held at the Riviera Country Club (par 71, 7287 yards) in Pacific Palisades near Los Angeles, California on the 18th (Korean time). He shot a 3 over par 74.
Woods, who recorded 2 under par on the first day, tied for 60th with an interim total of 1 over par 143. A 1-over par is the expected standard for passing the cut, but since 14 players failed to complete the second round due to sunset, Woods’ passing through the cut became unpredictable.
This tournament is Woods’ first appearance in 2023. It has been 7 months since he participated in an official competition since the Open Championship in July of last year, and it has been 2 years and 4 months since the Jojo Championship in October 2020 that he has participated in a general competition rather than a major competition.
Woods did well in the first round, but struggled in the second round with poor shot accuracy. On this day, Woods’ green hit rate remained at 50.0%, and the average number of putts when he hit the green was inaccurate at 1.889.
Woods, who started the game on the 10th hole (par 4), was shaken as he failed to putt a 2.7m birdie on the 10th hole and a 1.3m birdie putt on the 11th hole (par 5). Afterwards, he committed consecutive bogies on holes 12 and 13 (more par 5).
Fortunately, he succeeded in making up for his earlier mistakes by making birdies on holes 14 (par 3) and 17 (par 5).
However, Woods committed 3 bogeys due to inaccurate shots such as the ball falling into the bunker on holes 6 (par 3), 8, and 9 (par 4 above), and finished the second day with 3 over par.
Among Korean players, Lim Seong-jae recorded the best performance, tying for 12th place with a total of 4 under par and 138 strokes. Im Seong-jae tied 3 birdies and 1 bogey to hit a 2 under par 69.
Kim Joo-hyung (21, Nike Golf) tied for 33rd with a total of 1 under par and 141 strokes, and Kim Seong-hyun (25, Shinhan Financial Group) tied바카라사이트 for 51st with an even par and 142 strokes.
Kim Si-woo (28‧CJ Logistics) totaled 5 over par, Lee Kyung-hoon (32‧CJ Logistics) 7 over par, and Kim Young-soo (34∙PNS Holdings) missed the cut with a mere 9 over par.
Max Homa (USA), the winner of this competition in 2021, maintained the lead. Homa, who recorded 7 under par on the first day, shot 3 under par in the second round for a 10 under par 132.
Yon Ram (Spain) tied for second place with a total of 9 under par 133 strokes, and Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) tied for seventh place with a 6 under par 136 strokes.