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It was the latest setback for the former world
number one, who has kept a limited competition schedule after a
horrific 2021 car crash and struggled to shake off the rust.
"I need to play more. Unfortunately, I just haven't played a
whole lot of tournaments, and not a whole lot of tournaments on
my schedule either," said Woods. "Hopefully everything will
somehow come together in my practice sessions at home and be
ready for (the U.S. Open at) Pinehurst."
His second round turned disastrous almost immediately, as he had
a triple bogey on the second and fourth holes and a bogey on
three.
Any momentum he might have salvaged from birdies on the seventh
and eighth holes evaporated after a pair of flubbed putts led to
bogeys on the 11th and 12th, though he ended the day on a
sweeter note, with a birdie on the par-five 18.
"I got off to bad start and the rough grabbed me at two," Woods
told reporters.
"Just kept making mistakes and things you can't do, not just in
tournaments but in majors especially. And I just kept making
them. I hung around for most of the day but unfortunately the
damage was done early."
The tournament had its upsides for Woods, who said he was able
to play more comfortably than he had before.
"Physically, yes, I am better than I was a month ago," he said.
"I still have more ways to go, lots of improvement to go
physically, and hopefully my team and I can get that done
pre-Pinehurst and going into it."
(Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York; Editing by William
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