Friday, September 24, 2010

Sidelined for Tour Championship, Tiger Woods' Golf Status Remains Unclear

Filed under: PGA, FedEx CupLEMONT, Ill.(AP) -- Leave it to the PGA Tour to find the upside of Tiger Woods missing out on the Tour Championship.

In a press release Monday promoting the 30-man field at East Lake, it notes that Woods' failure to qualify for the last playoff event guarantees there will be a new FedEx Cup champion this year.

Phil Mickelson said it "absolutely" will be strange not having the world's No. 1 player at the Tour Championship, although it's nothing new. Woods has only played East Lake twice in the past five years, skipping in 2006 after a long year coping with his father's death and in 2008 when he was recovering from knee surgery.

The difference, of course, is that Woods couldn't play the Tour Championship even if he wanted. He needed to shoot 65 in the final round of the BMW Championship, and it took him until the 17th hole just to get under par for the final round, and the tournament.

In an explanation he offered three times Sunday - to NBC Sports, XM Radio and the rest of the media - he blamed only himself. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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