TULSA, Okla. – About six hours after he completed a third-round 79, his worst score in 79 career rounds in the PGA Championship, the PGA of America announced that Tiger Woods has withdrawn.
Woods’ week at Southern Hills Country Club, where he won the 2007 PGA Championship, ends with three scores of 74-69-79.
One of the few things on the bright side of matters for Woods on Saturday was breaking 80. Woods needed to play his final five holes in 1 under and with a birdie on the 15th and four pars, the last coming on a knee-knocker 5-footer on the 18th, the 79 looked a lot better than an 80 in Woods’ eyes. Still, it was the four-time Wanamaker Trophy winner’s highest score in a PGA by two strokes.
After his third round, Woods didn’t make a stop to meet with the media but did give a few quotes with tournament officials.
“Well, I’m sore,” Woods said. “I know that is for a fact. We’ll do some work and see how it goes.”
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As for how it went on the golf course, Woods didn’t mince words.
“I just didn’t play well. I didn’t hit the ball very well and got off to not the start I needed to get off to,” he said. “I thought I hit a good tee shot down 2 and ended up in the water, and just never really got any kind of momentum on my side.”
The 79 is not his highest score in a major. That still remains at 81, which he shot in the third round of the 2002 Open at Muirfield. He shot 80 in the opening round of the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay.
Golfweek’s Steve DiMeglio contributed to this article.