{"id":12202,"date":"2012-07-07T12:17:21","date_gmt":"2012-07-07T10:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/07\/update-2-golf-woods-and-mickelson-to-miss-cut-simpson-leads\/"},"modified":"2012-07-07T12:17:21","modified_gmt":"2012-07-07T10:17:21","slug":"update-2-golf-woods-and-mickelson-to-miss-cut-simpson-leads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-2-golf-woods-and-mickelson-to-miss-cut-simpson-leads\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 2-Golf-Woods and Mickelson to miss cut, Simpson leads"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

* Simpson leads by one at The Greenbrier<\/span><\/p>\n

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* Woods set to miss ninth PGA Tour cut of his pro career<\/p>\n

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July 6<\/span> (Reuters) – Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were set
\nto miss the cut as U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson moved one
\nstroke clear in Friday’s second round of the weather-delayed
\nGreenbrier Classic at White Sulphur Springs in West Virginia.<\/p>\n

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Woods, the hottest player on the U.S. circuit this season
\nwith three victories in his last seven events, struggled with
\ndistance control in his approach play on the way to a
\none-under-par 69 on the Old White TPC Course.<\/p>\n

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The 14-times major champion needed to ace the par-three last
\nto ensure he advanced to the weekend but his tee shot settled
\nseven feet from the cup from where he sank the birdie putt for
\nan even-par total of 140.<\/p>\n

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It will be only the ninth time Woods has missed the cut in a
\nPGA Tour event as a professional, and the second occasion this
\nyear after his failure to progress at the Wells Fargo
\nChampionship in May.<\/p>\n

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“I didn’t quite have it,” a frustrated Woods told reporters
\nafter mixing four birdies with three bogeys. “I drove it really
\ngood today and I just did not have the feel for distances.<\/p>\n

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“The ball was just going forever. I know we’re at altitude
\nbut I just couldn’t get the ball hit pin-high no matter what I
\ndid. And consequently I made some bogeys.”<\/p>\n

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Woods, who overtook Jack Nicklaus in second place on the
\nall-time list of PGA Tour winners with his two-shot triumph at
\nthe ATT National on Sunday, missed the cut in his next start
\nafter a victory for the third time in his career.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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