Published: 12:22, August 31, 2020 | Updated: 18:42, June 5, 2023
Tiger Woods' focus turns to US Open as season ends
By Reuters

In this photo Tiger Woods of the United States plays his shot from the tenth tee during the first round of the 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park on Aug 06, 2020 in San Francisco, California. (PHOTO / AFP)

Tiger Woods walked off the 18th green at Olympia Fields Country Club on Sunday, his 2019-20 PGA Tour season over before the leaders at the BMW Championship even had teed off.

Woods carded a 1-over-par 71 in the final round, which was his lowest score of the week. His rounds of 73-75-72-71 marked just the fifth time in his career that Woods shot four over-par rounds in a tournament.

Woods now will have an additional week to prepare for the US Open at Winged Foot, scheduled for Sept 17-20

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Needing a top-five finish in Olympia Fields, Ill., to have any chance of advancing to next week’s Tour Championship, Woods never was in contention on a challenging course where only two players began the final round under par.

“I don’t think that we’ve seen scores like this in a non-major in a very long time,” Woods said after Sunday’s round, where he reached 2-under through 11 holes before a bogey and a double-bogey over his final four holes.

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Woods now will have an additional week to prepare for the US Open at Winged Foot, scheduled for Sept 17-20.

“This golf course was basically a US Open, with the rough being as high as it is and fairways a little bit narrow,” Woods said. “This was a great ramp-up for me for the US Open.

“I wish I was playing next week, but I’ve got a couple weeks off.”