• Quail Hollow Championship, Round Two

Tiger misses the cut by eight shots

ESPN staff
April 30, 2010
Tiger Woods found the fairway just six times in his opening two rounds © Getty Images
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Tiger Woods hit his second-worst score as a professional to miss the cut for just the sixth time in his career as he slumped to a seven-over 79 at the Quail Hollow Championship.

Woods' back-nine 43, which consisted of three consecutive bogeys and back-to-back double bogeys, saw him slide down the leaderboard to end the second round on nine-over-par to miss the cut by eight shots.

In just his second tournament since returning from a four-month break from the sport, the world No. 1 hit just six fairways on his opening 36 holes. On his return to the golf course at Augusta three weeks ago, Woods was critical of his Masters showing, where he broke par all four rounds to tie for fourth.

After his capitulation at Quail Hollow, Woods was surprisingly calm about his performance. "I didn't play well," he said. "More importantly my short game wasn't very good. I chipped poorly, putted poorly, but for the most part I didn't really hit the ball that poorly until the end when it was already pretty much out of reach."

Asked if it bothered him that he had missed the cut, Woods added: "It does bother me, no doubt. But at least I get the weekend to watch and see how it's done, how real players play golf, and hopefully I can piece it together for next week and be ready to go."

Billy Mayfair is the leader at the halfway stage after shooting a second consecutive 68 to top the leaderboard on eight-under-par. The 43-year-old shot seven birdies including a birdie-two on the 13th second to lead Angel Cabrera by a single shot.

Cabrera stormed up the leaderboard after he followed up an eagle-three on the seventh with back-to-back birdies to move to six-under after nine holes. He momentarily joined clubhouse leader Mayfair on eight-under, but a bogey on the 17th saw him slip back into second.

Masters champion Phil Mickelson is two shots off the lead after a near-flawless round. After an eagle on the 15th, the left-hander birdied the 17th to move to six-under. He shares third place with fellow Americans J. P. Hayes, Dustin Johnson and Paul Goydos.

Jim Furyk is two shots further back on four-under, while Anthony Kim and overnight leader Bo van Pelt are on three-under.

Padraig Harrington is the best of the Europeans on level-par after a topsy-turvy round of 72 consisting of an eagle, three birdies and five bogeys. Masters runner-up Lee Westwood is joined on one-over par by fellow Englishmen Greg Owen and Ross Fisher. They all make the cut, and an eagle on the seventh helped Rory McIlroy reach the weekend stage for the first time since March.

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