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Tiger Woods reveals future plans after missing cut at The Open

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Tiger Woods announced that he will take some time away after a disastrous performance at The Open.

Woods had two days to forget at Royal Troon, carding an 8-over 79 in the first round before an equally disappointing day on Friday, finishing 14-over par.

It means the 15-time major winner has missed the cut at his third-consecutive major for the first time in a decade.

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The last time that happened, Woods missed the U.S. Open, The British Open, and the PGA Championship.

Following Friday’s setback, the 48-year-old confirmed his immediate plans are to improve his game although he will not play again until December.

“I’m not going to play until then,” he told reporters. “I’m just going to keep on getting physically better and keep working on it and then hopefully come back for our fifth major.”

“I’m physically feeling better than I did at the beginning of the year. At the end of last year, it was tough, and I haven’t played a lot. As the year has gone on, I have got better.

“I just wish I could have played more, but I’ve been saving it for the majors just in case I do something pretty major and then take myself out of it. Hopefully next year will be better.

“I need to do a lot more work in the gym and keep progressing.”

The three-time Open winner started Friday with a par on the first hole but found difficulty on the second with a double bogey.

He followed it up with a bogeys on holes no. 5, 9, 12, 14, and 17, finishing on 6-over. The score saw him tied in 149th place – four places off finishing last.

“I’ve won two Open Championships here in Scotland, so I’ve always enjoyed playing up here,” Woods added. “I’ve enjoyed the different types of links that Scotland brings and the challenges. I’ve missed playing Troon.

“It’s been a long time. I remember playing here way back in ’97. I’ve had some good memories here. I just wish I’d done a little bit better.”

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CBS reporter Amanda Balionis jets off to Scotland to join Rory McIlroy

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CBS golf reporter Amanda Balionis is overjoyed to be heading across the pond to North Berwick for the 2024 Genesis Scottish Open, where she’d be reunited with Rory McIlroy. 

On Thursday, Balionis took to Instagram to express her excitement about covering the tournament. Sporting a tan Alo cap and sweater, the reporter took a selfie with her stamped passport.

‘See ya soon North Berwick,’ she wrote with a heart emoji while tagging the Scottish Open.

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Covering the last two days of the tournament, which runs from July 11 to 14, may open the door for Balionis’ first public run-in with McIlroy since their previous flirtation rumors circulated.

However, it comes after McIlroy called off a divorce and reconciled with wife Erica Stoll, who was seen at the course supporting her husband early in the tournament.

The last time Balionis interviewed McIlroy was at June’s RBC Canadian Open following his headline-grabbing divorce from Stoll in May. Speculations of a possible romance between them sprouted from their seemingly flirtatious interviews.

With McIlroy calling it off with Stoll, fans continued to push the narrative as Balionis – who is married to former NFL quarterback Bryn Renner – was also conspicuously not wearing her wedding ring amid the rumors.

However, the whispers coming from interview smiles and giggles proved to be nothing but fan fiction.

After declaring their marriage broken and filing for divorce, McIlroy called the split off to settle their differences for their family. The golfer would later address the unavoidable rumors about his personal life.

‘There have been rumors about my personal life recently, which is unfortunate. Responding to each rumor is a fool’s game,’ he said.

‘Over the past weeks, Erica and I have realized that our best future was as a family together. Thankfully, we have resolved our differences and look forward to a new beginning.’

Stoll made her first public appearance since the divorce was retracted as McIlroy finished the first round five under to secure an eighth place tie to begin.

McIlroy hopes to bounce back after losing to Bryson DeChambeau in heartbreaking fashion in at the 2024 US Open.

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Rory McIlroy pictured wearing his wedding ring again after divorce U-turn

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McIlroy shocked the sporting world in May by filing for divorce from his wife, Erica Stoll before announcing that the couple had been able to resolve their differences

Rory McIlroy has been seen wearing his wedding for the first time since U-turning on his divorce plan as he competed in the Scottish Open.

The competition is being held at The Renaissance Club in Gullane, East Lothian where McIlroy, the defending Scottish champion, carded a first round of five under.

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On Wednesday, the golfer, said to be worth £200million, was amongst the stars competing in a pro-am competition in aid of Doddie Weir’s MND charity.

McIlroy was joined on the course by the likes of Glenthrothes-born, Hollywood actor Dougray Scott. Former Scotland rugby captain, Rob Wainwright was also taking part along with ex-Celtic skipper, Scott Brown.

They were joined on the east coast by former Hoops’ colleague, Stuart Armstrong whose caddy was ex-Parkhead favourite and now of Brentford FC, Norwegian defender, Kristoffer Ajer. The pro-am event was held to raise money for the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation.

It was set up by Doddie Weir, the former Scottish rugby international, after he was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease (MND) in 2016. Weir passed away in November 2022 aged 52 but the foundation continues to flourish and has raised millions of pounds to fund research into the condition.

During the pro-am, McIlroy spent time chatting to MND sufferer, Scott Stewart. The 41-year-old from Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute was diagnosed wth the condition last year.

Speaking after their meeting, the golfing superstar, said: “It hits you when you meet someone like Scott.”

Also competing was Oban-born, golf professional, Robert “Bob” MacIntyre. The 27-year-old has supported the foundation for a number of years and was keen to take part in the latest fundraiser.

Speaking later, MacIntyre, who was runner-up to McIlroy in last year’s Scottish Open, said: “I try to support as many charities as I can and the foundation became a strong one for me in 2019. Guys were doing a lot of stuff for Doddie within golf and I thought it was unbelievable.”

In May, McIlroy shocked the sporting world by filing for divorce from his wife, Erica Stoll with whom he has a three-year-old daughter, Poppy. But weeks later, the 35-year-old announced that he had had second thoughts and the couple were attempting to save their marriage.

Taking to social media, he wrote: “Over recent weeks, Erica and I have realised our best future was as a family together. Thankfully, we have resolved our differences and look forward to a new beginning.”

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Jon Rahm Throws PGA Tour Under the Bus by Putting Greg Norman’s Schemes on ‘World-Class’ Pedestal

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Jon Rahm has shared his desire to improve the game of golf through and through.

He had mentioned that, out of all his goals, he wished to leave the state of golf in a better position than what he had started within Spain. Now it turns out, it was not the PGA Tour or the DP World Tour that made it happen, but rather its LIV Golf.

The 2-time Major Championship winner is now playing at the LIV Golf Andalucía. But in today’s pre-tournament press conference, Rahm was asked how he was feeling to finally play on his home ground. Jon Rahm excitedly replied, “Well, it feels great. It feels great. One of the very exciting, one of the many things about joining Liv was coming here and playing in front of a Spanish crowd, especially on a level of event and level of competition that I had not really yet enjoyed, right.” The golfer did not leave LIV’s contribution towards making his wishes and dreams of playing in Spain possible.

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Furthermore, the 29-year-old golfer further shared how LIV Golf is giving Spain a world-class stage. He remarked, “I’ve been able to play events in Spain but you didn’t have a world-class stage, I would say. Very fantastic, great players, but it wasn’t the same level of accomplishments that we have in LIV Golf.”

When asked about his family and friends, Rahm did not forget to praise the opportunity LIV provided this time. He revealed how his well-wishers can travel more freely in their country than usual in the US when he was out playing on the PGA Tour. Thus, Rahm commented, “Yeah, there’s a lot of family and friends. Spanish people can travel in a bunch, especially when it’s in their home country, it’s a lot easier. Yeah, there will be a fair amount of people out there.”

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Tiger Woods Gets Humbled by 20YO on PGA Tour; Breaks 66-Year-Long Record With Ease

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He was a two-time All-American. He was named the 1996 Jack Nicklaus Player of the Year. Yes, we are talking exactly about Tiger Woods and his impressive amateur career even before he surprised everyone with a phenomenal 28-year-long professional one. But now, a certain amateur golfer has come forward to humble the athlete. Enter a young Luke Clanton!

The 20-year-old athlete, at the John Deere Classic, dished out 4 birdies in the last 5 holes of his final day’s play. This helped him become the first amateur golfer to finish in the top 10 (at T2 tied with C.T. Pan and Michael Thorbjornsen) in back-to-back PGA Tour starts since 1958, all thanks to his Sunday figures of 8-under 63. The golfer carded a total of 26 birdies, 8 of which came on Sunday alone.

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His previous top-10 finish came at the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic where he finished at T10 tied with six other athletes. Back then he had registered a score of 14-under overall owing to his numbers of 69-68-65-72 over the four days of play. Interestingly, this was his third professional event with the first one coming off at the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2.

Coming back to the recent feat, Clanton managed to do the same after more than six decades on the men’s circuit, the last of which came in 1958. Back then, Billy Joe Patton had clinched two top-10 placements in back-to-back Tour starts at the 1957 U.S. Open and the 1958 Masters Tournament. Although Tiger Woods has six USGA Amateur wins to his name, the golfer doesn’t boast the achievement that the young athlete carded.

“We came into the week with pretty high expectations,” said the 20-year-old before adding, “I think I kind of reached that expectation for sure. Of course, you want to win. But again, to do what I did out there today was awesome. It’s just a blessing to be here, man.” Well, he sure did earn the right to say so with the scintillating performance and record not even Woods managed to achieve!

The recent feat by the golfer has helped him go up nine points on the PGA Tour University Accelerated. It is a program that helps college golfers who reach 20 points earn Tour status based on the achievements they made in various professional and amateur events. An athlete will earn a point for every cut he makes on the circuit along with another point for a top-10 finish.

Clanton’s recent performance, consequently, managed to help him card a total of four points in two weeks allowing him to take a step closer to a PGA Tour status. Moreover, he is now placed third in the WAGC, not to mention being the highest-ranked golfer in the NCAA rankings. It truly seems the athlete is just at the start of a wonderful career in the game!

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