Tiger Woods Eagles Last At Honda Classic For Second Year In A Row But For A Shock 74.

Tiger Woods brilliantly eagled the final hole on a very windy the final day of the Honda Classic for a second year running.

However there was no trademark fistpump as in contrast to last year when the 14-time Major winner shot a blistering last day 62 to finish second to Rory McIlroy.

Woods on this occasion walked off with a score of 74 and a then share of 38th.

It had Woods lying at four over par and a massive 14 shots behind fellow American Michael Thompson who headed the $6m tournament by three shots on 10-under par heading to the ninth hole of the PGA National course at Palm Beach Gardens.

“I passed 62 somewhere on 12,” Woods joked afterwards.

Actually, he passed it on the par-3 15th, with the third of his three three-putts.

For the second time this week, Woods struggled with his putter, taking 33 putts and with the rest of his game wasn’t much better said the PGA Tour report.

Woods hit just eight fairways and 12 greens on his way to as many double bogeys — two — as birdies to go with three bogeys.

The first of those double bogeys came on No. 6, where Woods hit his tee shot so far right he couldn’t find.

On the 11th, Woods found the water on his approach shot before two-putting from 22 feet for another double.

“I just made too many penalties this week,” Woods said. “Today is a perfect example. I didn’t play that poorly. I had two water balls and a lost ball. Take those away, and I missed two short birdie putts, and it was actually a decent score.”

The lone bright for Woods came on the 18th hole, which he eagled for the second year in a row. He reached the par-5 finishing hole in two and drained a 10-footer to loud cheers.

He also had birdies on the par-5 third, and the par-4 ninth.

“I feel good with what I did,” he said. “Just got to clean up the rounds and make a couple more putts.”

 



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