Just days after going past Jack Nicklaus' record of PGA Tour wins by winning a 74th title, Tiger Woods missed the cut at the Greenbrier Classic, and the 14-time Major winner has company in Phil Mickelson.
Woods missed a cut for just the ninth time in his professional career. Woods shot 69 on Friday to miss the cut by a stroke at The Old White TPC, and marked just the second time that he's missed two cuts in the same season.
"I didn't quite have it," Woods said. "I just did not have the feel for the distances. The ball was just going forever.
"I didn't hit the ball pin high, and that's one of the hallmarks of my game. I can hit pin high pretty consistently and I just did not do that at all.
"I had my distance control dialled in (at the AT&T National) and this week I was hitting balls so far.
"My sand wedge was going 142, 145, wedges going 160. Those are numbers I don't normally hit."
The only other time Woods didn't make it to the weekend two times in the same year was in 2005 when he missed the cut at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship and the FUNAI Classic at Walt Disney World Resort.
It was also just the third time in Woods' career that he missed the cut in his next tournament after a victory. In 2005, he won the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship, and then missed the cut at Disney. In 2009, he won the AT&T National, and then went home early at the British Open.
Woods had missed just four cuts in his first 231 starts; he now has four missed cuts in his last 41 starts.
"You can see the people, how excited they were," Woods said about playing in the tournament for the first time.
"It's a fun crowd to play in front of. Unfortunately it was only for a couple days."
Mickelson shot a second-straight 71, to also end his tournament early.
"I don't get it," a disappointed Mickelson said. "I certainly struggled a little bit on the greens both years, but nothing that should have led to these scores.
"I really have been (off).
"I don't know what to say about that. The parts don't feel that far off, but I haven't been putting them together.
"It doesn't feel bad off the tee, it doesn't feel bad with the iron play, it doesn't feel bad chipping or putting, but I'm making a lot of loose drives here or there, some loose iron shots here or there, missing some short putts here or there."
U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson was in the lead at 9-under when play was suspended due to rain.
Simpson finished with a 4-under-66. Twelve players were unable to complete the second round.
