Quiz you have to get used to seeing Tiger Woodslimp during his round and leaning on his Scotty Cameron to take weight off the club as he walks towards the green, but what certainly hasn’t changed is his convening power. He is still the golf player with the most drive today, as has been seen at the start of the 2022 PGA Championship in Southern Hills (Tulsa, Oklahoma).
However, it was not such a crowd and the enthusiasm of the crowd that bothered the Tiger, but the television cameras. From the first hole the winner of 15 ‘major’ had to put some distance from the camera operator who was following him. “Give me a break”, I asked. Up to three times the former world number one came to request space. Between one thing and another, half an hour into the game, the Californian golfer had already begun to sweat intensely. He worked hard on every hole to close his turn on 74 strokes.
Your party mates, Rory McIlroy (65) y Jordan Spieth (72)They went about their business. The first played like a fable until he stained his impeccable course with bogeys at 6 and 8 (they started at 10) and the second was very erratic, especially on the greens. Superb Northern Ireland from the tee, who avoided getting into big thanks to his drive. The birdie on 9 was the icing on the cake to finish on a high note.
Woods’s analysis is quite different. I finished even after the first nine, with some brand-name irons, and the second part of the round choked him. Too many errors and putts well thrown from the line but with excess force. In the final holes he was tired and even complained after making a swing. He even missed an approach on his final hole that years ago he never would have missed. lacks rhythmbut he already knew very well what awaited him and is willing to continue fighting to fight again for a big one.
“I was good with the driver, but my shots with the irons weren’t very good. He didn’t give me many birdie options, more like I was trying to get to the green and missed more than I should have with the irons. It was frustrating”explained Woods, who acknowledged that physically he did not respond as he commented on Tuesday: “My leg did not feel as good as I would like. It hurts all the time”.
Other favorites like Matsuyama or Cam Smith also started with a result of 72.
