A lot has changed about Tiger Woods since he last played in a Ryder Cup in 2012, but the look he wears when he is losing is not one of them. By the time Woods stepped off the 17th tee on Friday morning he had on that familiar grimace of his. He blew his tee shot left into the rough, something he had done several times already. The stuff is so thick around here he had to hack out, again, which meant that, short of conjuring a miraculous chip in, the dirty look was all he could do to stop Tommy Fleetwood and Francesco Molinari from winning the match 3&1.
Woods was paired with Patrick Reed. It looked a strong combination when they announced it. The two of them had doubled up in the last Ryder Cup at Hazeltine in 2016, when Woods was not playing, but was one of the vice-captains. Jordan Spieth tells a story about how Woods shot down Reed’s attempt to trash talk him by telling him: “Don’t worry Patrick, you only need 74 more wins and 14 more majors,” which, Spieth says, keyed Reed up in just the right way.
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