The pain became too much for Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the PGA Championship due to injury after the third round at Southern Hills.in February 2021, shot his highest-ever round at the event on Saturday by carding a 79.An inspiring Woods battled to make the cut by one shot on Friday, despite clear signs of pain, but struggled desperately in the third round as temperatures dropped.
Woods won the PGA Championship at Southern Hills in 2007, but pulls out this year in joint-last place – on 12-over par and 21 shots from Mito Pereira’s lead ahead of the final round. “We admire Tiger’s valiant effort to compete here at Southern Hills and wish him the best as he continues to recover from his injuries.”
However, he raised hopes of a potential surge up the leaderboard with a gutsy round of 69 on Friday, making a cut that Masters champion and world number one Scottie Scheffler missed.