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Potomac, Md. – You can not play golf defense, so in the end, there's nothing that Tiger Woods can do about Francesco Molinari on Sunday at Quicken Loans National.
against Woods in the singles of the Ryder Cup) won his first PGA Tour victory and finished eighth worldwide with a 62-point titanic final round in tough conditions at TPC Potomac.
Woods ended up fighting could, squeak as much as possible up the standings in an effort to earn world ranking points, FedEx Cup points and momentum.
Call it mixed results. Woods fired one last lap 66 to tie for fourth place, making six birdies and two bogeys and finishing 10 shots behind Molinari, who won by 8 shots.
Francesco Molinari closed with an 8 under 62 for an eight-shot victory Sunday in the latest edition of the Quicken Loans National, which got the biggest margin this year on the PGA Tour and broke the tournament record
Tiger Woods performed well at Quicken Loans National, finishing tied for fourth. Now, after a week of rest, it's gone for the Open Championship
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But Woods was only two seconds away, a crucial difference with respect to some of his other goals this year.
"Well, I think the last two days playing [holes] 13, 14 as I did … I bogeyed twice and then 14 birdie not 14 days, and I'm not sure. was right there next to the green, "it" These are things that I can not afford to do and I'm waiting to win a golf tournament. "
As this is the case for all players who do not win a golf tournament, there is But Woods has brought out a glaring example: his play on two of the easiest holes on the course this weekend, the 13th being a par-4 of 370 yards, Woods hit the irons on both sides and missed the fairway.The 14th is a par-4 that we can drive, and Woods hit the two green days, only to see the ball relegated, he missed a 7 – foot Saturday and a 3 – foot Sunday. (19659002) "I saw that" I had only four years old when I went around, and so I thought that if I shot 30, maybe 29, c it would be enough, "he said. "Obviously, I should shoot 24 on the back 9. What Francesco did is great, but I thought I had a good chance to start new if I published a number."
The good news: Woods faced Molinari for The bad news: Woods was last on the field putting from within 10 feet, making 60 out of 73.
That's a little misleading, as less than half of the 74 players who made the cut. He is even more likely to succeed at this level than he is, but he still points to crucial failures, including 3 Sunday.
And yet, with a new putter in the bag this week, Woods was feeling good about the improvement he's made. Green
On Sunday, he needed only 27 putts and was 125 feet, most of the week. For the tournament, he finished seventh with a shot put.
"Even my bad putts had the" go "look – it's something I did not have," he said. a little, and I could not even encourage my good guys. So I see the lines, I roll the ball on my line, I have the speed, and I really like the swing of this putter. I keep saying that, but it makes a big difference.
Woods, at the moment, posted his second best performance of the year, although he was five strokes away from the winner once: when he was second in the Valspar championship in March [19659018In11tournamentshehasthreetop-5sandfivetop-12sStartingtheweekat82ndplaceintheworldWoodsibadpectedtoreach67thplaceitshighestsincethebeginningof2015
This means that it probably needs a top 10, probably around the seventh, on his next start at Carnoustie's he wants to qualify for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational next month
This is the site of Woods' latest win in 2013 and where he won eight times. The tournament leaves the site after this year. To get there, Woods will need a good week at Carnoustie, one of the biggest tournaments in the Open, where he tied for seventh in 1999 and tied for 12th place in 2007.
This is also Woods, 19-year-old amateur, had his first taste of golf links in 1995 when he played the Scottish Open.
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