Anxious Afternoon Wait For Tournament Host Tiger Woods

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Pacific Palisades, California …

Tournament host Tiger Woods boosted hopes of playing all four rounds with a brilliant last hole birdie from just off the green at the rain-affected Geness Open.

Woods, who was right on the cut line standing over his 24-foot, drew a huge roar of approval in holing the putt in a level par round of  71 to complete his two rounds at one-under par.

However, the current World N0. 13 was headed back to his hotel to catch-up on some sleep following a 7am restart to his second round, not knowing if he had done enough to ensure his place over the third and fourth rounds.

“I’m glad to be part of it going this afternoon and tomorrow,” he said. “I know that one (under) is going to get in, so that’s going to make the cut … I get two more rounds to kind of get after it.”

Woods said putting troubles had slowed him so far at Riviera, starting with four three-putts in a total of 34 in his first round.

His interrupted second round effort was seven fewer in posting just 27 putts.

“I am not seeing the line, I’m not feeling comfortable because I’m not seeing the line,” he said.

“Hopefully I can find it here in the last couple rounds. Can’t get any worse than it was the first day: four three-putts is as bad as a human being can putt.”

Despite the uncertainties of the schedule and challenging weather, Woods noted that some players were able to take advantage of the rain-softened course, including playing partner Thomas, who carded a six-under second round of 65 to join Scott on 11-under 131.

Thomas’s six holes on Saturday morning included a birdie at the fifth and a par at the par-three sixth, where he used a wedge on the green to chip over the distinctive bunker in the middle of the putting surface.

American J.B. Holmes (63) was in the clubhouse at 10-under while Rory McIlroy, and playing alongside Woods, returned to birdie four of his closing six holes in a round of 63 and under a continuing preferred lie rule to end his round in seventh place on seven-under par.

 



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