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PARIS – Tiger Woods was very different from the one that was held in triumph five days ago in Atlanta during the Tour Championship.
Perhaps his 80th win on the PGA Tour, the excitement of winning for the first time in five years and the consequences of his arrival at the Ryder Cup in Paris were part of the difference.
But Woods was not the same golfer Friday at Golf National with his partner Patrick Reed against England's Tommy Fleetwood and Italian Francesco Molinari, a 3-and-1 loss that dropped the Ryder's record Woods Cup at 13-18. 3.
"Well, it's been a lot of golf," said American captain Jim Furyk of extra stress on Woods for winning last week and playing often this year. "I think winning last week was very exciting, it probably takes a bit too much, I thought he could go today, 36 but looking at the bands we had on the course." Well on the golf course, they kept them on the golf course and tried to get some guys this afternoon that I also thought I would play very well. "
When asked when he was going to work on his game, Woods said no.
"My game is fine," said Woods. "My cup did not really cut the tee today, I was hammering it, the ball was going a long way, it was going straight, but it was not cutting, I can accept that, it really does not matter. My shot is solid I'll be ready to come tomorrow whenever the captain [Jim Furyk] put me out.
Fortunately for Woods and Reed, their teammates picked them up while the United States led 3-1 after the morning session.
And for the first time in eight games of the Ryder Cup, Woods escaped an opening session of the Ryder Cup. He had already missed one, on the morning of the second day in Medinah in 2012.
Woods, 42, seemed to lack the energy that helped him win a week ago. Several jumps seemed to be without speed, the best example being his tee shot at par-3 16, when his ball came very far from the green and into the water.
This proved crucial because the United States had just sank at the 15th hole. Moments later, Fleetwood pitched a birdie putt to give the Europeans a 2-point lead, and they eliminated the match later, when Woods and Reed missed the green. Molinari crowned the whole thing with another birdie.
"I did not hear that he had a back problem, so I would say it's not true," Furyk said when asked if Woods had any problems. physical problems. "You should ask Tiger, but no, I saw him at the golf course and he said everything was good, I was training tonight after the matches." draws so much attention, whenever it's not playing, maybe it's stretching a bit, everyone gets a little hypersensitive to the idea that it's ## 147 ## He may have a back problem, I am not aware of anything like that, and I have not received any information like that from Tiger or my vice-captains.
When Woods made a birdie on the ninth par-5 hole and Reed scored a birdie to qualify for 10th place, the Americans seemed to have momentum and a huge advantage against two players considered one of the best tandems in the world. 'Europe.
But Molinari made consecutive birdies in the 11th and 12th holes to tie the match, and neither Woods nor Reed could birdied the rest of the way.
"We had control of the game 2 against, but we just did not birdies," Woods said. "You have to do birdies in four bullets, you have to do it, we did it early, I think I did about four birdies out there out of nine." Pat had a couple. We put on it, then on the back nine, it rocked in. They put it on us and we could not answer it. "
Reed played every five games at Hazeltine two years ago and went 3-1-1 to the American victory.
Woods has not won a Ryder Cup game since winning against Molinari in singles at the 2010 Ryder Cup in Wales. He went 0-3-1 in his last appearance in 2012.
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