Tiger Woods at PGA Championship 2014: Day 2 Leaderboard Score, Twitter Reaction

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Published: August 8, 2014

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As is becoming the norm with his struggling game and health, it wasn't Tiger Woods' day in Friday's second round of the 2014 PGA Championship.

Woods stumbled out of the gates, winced at his back swing after swing and never was able to turn things around. He missed the cut after a three-over-par round of 74 that left him six strokes over par for the tournament, sending him home after just two days at Valhalla Golf Club. 

He finished strong with his only two birdies on No. 15 and 18, but an ugly early double bogey set the tone for disappointment on a day when he needed a subpar score.

ESPN Stats and Information noted his missed cut:



Here's how he shot it on Friday:



Hampered by his surgically repaired back, Woods simply wasn't himself and all it took was watching one swing to be able to tell. But as ESPN's Bob Harig tweeted, it's in his head, too:



Perhaps even more alarming for Tiger fans is his lengthy major drought, which is putting him far behind the pace of catching Jack Nicklaus' 18 majors as Golf Digest's Ron Sirak illustrated:



Here's the full leaderboard:



As it looked, Tiger conceded afterwards that he felt the same pain as in Sunday's final round of the WGC-Bridgestone, per Fox Sports' Robert Lusetich:



Woods told Golf Channel's Ryan Lavner why he didn't withdraw after the pain kicked in:



The problems didn't ensue immediately for Woods, although he was able to hide his back pain early on and save par after some poor tee shots. But on the fourth, he began losing it.

He missed a manageable par putt on No. 4 for his first bogey of the day, and that started a trend. A lengthy par miss on the sixth hole turned into a double bogey when an attempt from about four feet cupped out. All of the sudden, he had conceded three strokes in six holes...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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