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CNN SATURDAY
Tiger Woods Hacks His Way to Worst Ever Round as a Professional
Aired July 20, 2002 - 18:18 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CALLAWAY: Well, as we told you in the last block, the economy's not doing so well, certainly down. And so is Tiger Woods' golf game. Golf's top player had the worst day of his professional career today.
CNN/"Sports Illustrated's" Patrick Snell looks at the rough day.
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PATRICK SNELL, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): For Tiger Woods, it was another historic round, but not the kind he wished for. The world number one shot an 81, leaving him six over for the championship, his worst-ever round as a professional. And it's one that's left him all but conceding his dream of an unprecedented Majors Grand Slam is over.
TIGER WOODS, PROFESSIONAL GOLFER: There's just too many guys between me and the lead. All I can do is tomorrow go out there and shoot a low number and see what happens. You never know, but, it's frustrating to put myself this far behind. That's what's frustrating.
NICK PRICE, PROFESSIONAL GOLFER: In these conditions, you have a -- you gotta have a little bit of luck and he's probably, you know, had too much luck out there today and it just gets brutal for anybody.
UNIDENTIFIED GOLFER: The weather kind of summed it all up, didn't it? Not his play, it was just the weather. That's how shocking it was out there.
WOODS: This is a tough and difficult golf course with the rough being, you know, knee high and the wind coming sideways or rain coming sideways. It was a tough and frustrating round, but I tried all the way around and -- you know -- it just wasn't meant to be today.
SNELL: Once again, it was the weather that proved vital at the British Open, with gales reaching up to 30 miles an hour. Golfers out early Saturday reaped the benefit from favorable conditions to leave the race for the 2002 Claret Jug wide open.
ERNIE ELS, PROFESSIONAL GOLFER: That's as hard as it gets; you're absolutely right. I mean, today was a -- really a day of survival of -- this is a day unlike any of us have seen at the Open.
PRICE: The guys who finished earlier this morning, or played mid- morning, really had a huge break, but that's the golfing gods sometimes. You know, you can't blame it on anyone.
WOODS: The guys this morning, if they would have -- or could have -- shot a good number, they're going to put themselves right back in the tournament and a lot of them did.
SNELL: It's hard to imagine that this is one major this year that Tiger is now very unlikely to win. His inability to cope means there's bound to be a fresh name on the roll of honors, but once again, the weather is likely to play a huge part. At the 2002 British Open, in Muirfield Scotland, I'm Patrick Snell.
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