AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods is nothing if not persistent. So even when not playing his best golf, he will stubbornly strive to produce the best mediocre version of himself.
It is a description that best characterizes Woods’s performance at the Masters Tournament on Saturday, when the weather-delayed second round was completed despite a cold, driving rain.
In the end, Woods barely made the midway cut of the event field but he qualified to play the final two rounds for a 23rd consecutive time. Woods’s streak of cuts made ties a Masters record shared by Gary Player and Fred Couples. He has never missed the Masters cut since turning professional in 1996.
“I’ve always loved this golf course, and I love playing this event,” said Woods, whose halfway tournament score of three over par tied him for 49th place. “Obviously I’ve missed a couple Masters with some injuries, but I’ve always wanted to play here. I’ve loved it and I’ve got another chance to play on the weekend. I get two more rounds.”