San Francisco (AFP)
Best for last, certainly far from a fifth USPGA title: Tiger Woods finished the first Major of 2020 below par (-1, 279), making his best card (-3, 67 ) Sunday in San Francisco.
It is too early to say what will be the final classification of the "Tiger", who pointed before this fourth round with 11 shots from the leader Dustin Johnson. Because of two consecutive cards two hits over par, Friday and Saturday, which ended his quest for a 16th Major.
On Sunday, as he had set himself the goal the day before, Woods managed to improve his putting, which has so far been overdue, on greens he says are slower than they appear on the public course at TPC Harding Park. .
"I got a couple of them right from the start and just made sure to keep that momentum. It's something I hadn't done in the past two days. I said (Saturday) that wanted to end up under the par, I did it today. "
Among the first to set off on Sunday, Tiger managed five birdies in the end, although he was upset by two bogeys, one of which was on the 18th and last hole.
“I fought and today it was more revealing of how I could have played on Friday and Saturday, if I had put in a few putts earlier,” he said, adding: “It ' is golf. We lose a lot more tournaments than we win. "
For only his second tournament in five months, after a disappointing comeback three weeks ago at the Memorial, the 44-year-old star can also be satisfied with having physically gone the distance on this Major.
"Overall my body responded pretty well. The best thing I can do to spare it is to avoid the rough and not have to hit those grueling punches," said Woods, weighed down by back pain. for a few years and already operated several times.
In search of an 83rd title on the PGA Tour, which would be a new record, he now has his eyes on the US Open, the second round of the Grand Slam, which will take place in a little over a month in Mamaroneck (New York).
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