Woods was six under through 12 holes and got within four of the lead before falling hard, playing his last five holes in three over. “I didn’t miss a shot today,” Woods said, “and so I’m not that disappointed with it.”For Simpson, this moment was especially sweet. Having not won on the PGA Tour since 2013 in Las Vegas, he’d gone through extreme depths trying to figure out his putting when, in 2016, the U.S. Sawgrass on the eve of the tournament a year ago that Simpson had a chance meeting with Tim Clark, the injured PGA Tour pro who had won the 2010 Players. Simpson had just missed another cut and ranked outside 190th on Tour in strokes gained: putting.

Source: New York Times May 14, 2018 00:11 UTC