Tiger Woods Can’t Cut It at 2010 Masters

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Published: April 6, 2010

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The Masters does not begin until the back nine on Sunday.

The saying is as synonymous to the year's first major as the green jacket worn by past and future champions. While its validity can be debated, let’s assume it still holds true for the sake of this article.

Our little assumption means Tiger Woods will technically not play at the 2010 Masters.

You can go to any website that covers golf and see he is playing with K.J. Choi and Matt Kuchar on Thursday at 1:42 p.m., and again on Friday at 10:35 a.m.

But when Tiger plays poorly, and misses the cut, he will never have the opportunity to play the back nine on Sunday, and according to the old saying, his tournament will never begin.

That’s right, the world’s best golfer will be told, “Sorry bud, you’re not good enough to play here for the weekend. And um, there won’t be a check in the mail. But uh, thanks for showing up and trying.”

It is hard to imagine someone who has won this event four times, holds numerous records, and has never finished lower than 22nd as a professional, will miss the cut.

Making the cut at the Masters is certainly not the most daunting task. The top 44 players, including ties, and players within 10 shots of the lead advance to the weekend.

With this is mind, it almost seems impossible for Tiger to miss the cut. His career average as a professional is 70.5. Let’s assume he goes 71-70, and holds true to his average. This means 44 other golfers need to be sitting at four-under par or better, and the leader has to cruise in with a tidy little 14-under to send Tiger home.

That seems next to impossible, since the lowest 36-hole total posted during Tiger’s professional career by anyone in the field is 10-under par. And the lowest cut during this time was one-over par.

Tiger probably has to shoot something in the neighbo...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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