Saturday, October 22, 2005
He must finish his second round today at the Funai Classic.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Moments after the Funai Classic at Disney was suspended because of storms Friday, Tiger Woods unleashed his fury.
He reared back and spiked his golf ball onto the cart path in front of the 17th green, sending it 20 feet in the air and into the pond.
Woods made a double bogey and a triple bogey in the same round for the first time since the 2000 Masters, and he was on the verge of missing the cut for the second time this year.
Right when he thought his day couldn't get any worse, it did. The second round was called for the day, meaning Woods will have to return this morning with slim hopes of making the cut.
With 74 players at 6-under par or better -- and 53 players still on the course -- Woods was at 4-under and most likely needed two birdies to make the cut.
That looked even more improbable when his tee shot on the 17th narrowly cleared the lake, leaving him in sticky rough under a tree about 150 yards from the hole.
Woods also missed the cut at the Byron Nelson Championship in May, ending his PGA Tour record of 142 consecutive cuts that spanned seven years.
And he might have company. Vijay Singh twice hit into the water on the sixth hole at the Palm course and shot 71 to finish at 4-under 140, virtually assured of missing the cut for the third time this year.
Tom Pernice Jr. set the pace early Friday with a 10-under 62 on the easier Palm course to reach 15-under 129, one shot ahead of Geoff Ogilvy, who had a 66 at Magnolia.
Woods started his round on Magnolia with two birdies on the first three holes, and there was no sign of trouble.
But on the 494-yard fifth hole -- the toughest of the tournament -- Woods hit his tee shot into the trees, took a penalty drop and stumbled to a triple bogey.
He recovered with three straight birdies, starting on No. 9, to get back to 6-under for the tournament.
But he pulled an 8-iron into a bunker on the par-3 12th, sent the next shot over the green into another bunker and took double bogey, again putting him two shots below the cut line.
SBC Championship
SAN ANTONIO -- John Harris shot a tournament-tying record 9-under 62 to grab a two-shot lead after the first round at Oak Hills Country Club.
Harris equaled the low 18-hole score shot by Gil Morgan last year to grab the early lead in the $1.55 million dollar Champions Tour event.
Morgan was two shots back. Defending champion Mark McNulty, Jerry Pate, Dan Pohl and Lonnie Nielsen all shot 65 to tie for third under perfect scoring conditions of warm temperatures, no wind and clear skies.
Champions Tour rookie Denis Watson, who was playing in his first 50-and-over event, shot a one-over 72.
Ireland's Des Smyth withdrew before Friday's round with an illness and was replaced on the spot by Dick Mast who carded an even-par-71.
Mallorca Classic
SON SERVERA, Mallorca -- Paul Broadhurst shot a 4-under-par 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Jose Maria Olazabal after two rounds.
Olazabal made up four strokes by shooting a 65 while chasing his first victory in three years.
Broadhurst led the field by five strokes after making seven birdies through 12 holes.
But a double-bogey at 14 -- when he hit into water -- cut his lead before Olazabal got even closer with two birdies.
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