Tiger Woods is in danger of being eliminated at Genesis Invitational 2023
This year's Genesis Invitational cutoff is not official because there are still 14 players who have not finished round 2, of which three are T60 (+1) like Woods. Next to this position is the group T71 (+2) counting both "bad" faces.
In that situation, Woods has not yet grasped the right to play in the third round at the oldest group tournament on the PGA Tour, shown in the opening year of 1929. It also brings back happy and sad memories of the illustrious career of "Super Tiger". . The 1992 tournament was called the Los Angeles Open, marking Woods's 17th birthday and his amateur debut in the US first-class golf arena. Since then, he has attended a total of 14 times with the best achievement being runner-up in 1998. And so, the record holder of 82 PGA Tour titles, including 15 majors, still lacks the Genesis Invitational.
Particularly in the 2021 period, also in February, he did not play because he had just undergone surgery to repair cervical vertebrae. That year, Woods also hosted the event, giving the cup to Max Homa and a day later escaped death in a car crash on the road near Los Angeles. However, the traffic accident left Woods seriously injured, his left leg broken many parts. Over the past two years, he, with his weak health, especially his legs, competed for only three majors and completely abandoned the usual schedule on the PGA Tour. Then Woods chose this Genesis Invitational to return to the "recurring show".
Round 1, Woods went from hole 1, at +1 point after 15 holes, but thanks to birdie all three last holes to go to -2 and stand at T27. However, in the second round, he showed the opposite.
Woods entered the game from the 10th hole, scoring two birdies and two bogeys in 14 holes to keep the round point at even par, thereby preserving the -2 point.
Particularly for the par3 14 hole, he missed a hole-in-one – the ball hit the green, rolled in the right direction of the hole but lost power at the end, stopping more than a hand away.
Then at the end, the hole 6 - 9, he constantly lost his hand. On the par3 6th hole, Woods put the ball in a bunker in the middle of the green when he decided to put a pass instead of a chip over the obstacle.
From that selection, Woods scored bogey.
After holding par on the 7th hole, Woods plays on the 8th hole and continues to hit the bunker, to the left of the fairway and finishes bogey again. Hole 9, he entered the bunker again, this time in front of the green and scored a bogey to close the hole and round. The whole match, Woods hit five of the 14 fairways, going to the green according to the standard nine holes
The loss of three points through the last four holes made Woods drop 33 places, down to T60 (+1) while the top of the table was determined at -10, belonging to Homa - the owner of the Genesis Invitational cup in 2021 - the year Woods almost ended his career. career and life.
This year, the tournament was raised to a special level, bringing together 47 players in the world's top 50. The prize fund reached the milestone of 20 million USD, of which the winning part was 3.6 million USD.
