US Open golf: Tiger Woods brings sore back and poor form to Winged Foot
- ‘My back is what it is. It’s always going to ache and it’s always going to be stiff,’ 44-year-old says ahead of 120th US Open
- Share of fourth place in 2010 was last top 10 finish for 15-time major winner who is struggling for form since surgery
Tiger Woods brings his sore back and struggling game into the 120th US Open hoping to catch fire at a major where he has not managed a top-10 finish since 2010.
The 44-year-old reigning Masters champion comes into Winged Foot off a share of 51st two weeks ago in the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields on a set-up that played like a US Open with hard, fast greens and dense rough.
“The 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.”
The Open offers the most punitive punishments for errant shots in major golf and Woods has sprayed tee shots in recent weeks, his surgically repaired back nagging him at times.
“My back is what it is. It’s always going to ache and it’s always going to be stiff,” Woods said. “When you have a fusion, that’s just part of the deal. I’ll have my good days and bad days.”
