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Tiger Woods: His terrible round, by the numbers – Metro US

Tiger Woods: His terrible round, by the numbers

Tiger Woods, by any estimation, was awful today. He shot 77 in the first round of the PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club — 14 strokes off Steve Stricker’s lead.

How terrible was it? Let’s break it down.

16

Woods has been playing in majors for 16 years. Today was his worst-ever opening round in one of them.

12

He ended up in the sand 12 times. That’s something you see at a muni — not the PGA Championship.

8

New Albany (Ohio) Country Club pro Bob Sowards shot 8 strokes better than Woods today.

13

Woods played the last 13 holes at a stunningly bad 10 over.

130

He finished the first round tied for 130th place. Also there? John Daly.

If that final name doesn’t tell you something …