Young overcame a few mistakes and closed with a birdie for a 69, putting him in the last group with Smith going into the weekend. Right when it looked like it couldn’t get any better, he holed a 65-foot eagle putt on the 14th hole. Andrews, Smith was making birdie after birdie to take the lead. And the fans, the ovation and the warmth, it was an unbelievable feeling.”Ībout the time Woods was saluting thousands of fans crammed around St. “To me it felt like this might have been my last British Open here at St. He’s just not sure a right leg held together by hardware or a lower spine that has been fused will allow him to compete when the Open returns to St. Woods didn’t retire from major championship golf or the British Open. Woods strode over the Swilcan Bridge without stopping to pose for pictures and said it “felt like the whole tournament was right there” when he walked the final 356 yards of what was otherwise a long day of 75 to miss the cut. “I feel like I’ve been in this spot a lot over the past couple of years, and things just haven’t quite gone my way yet.” “It’s, obviously, a really good spot to be in,” Smith said. Rory McIlroy was lurking another shot behind. His 8-under-par 64 gave him his first lead in a major, by two shots over PGA Tour rookie Cameron Young. Smith already won The Players Championship this year and has risen to as high as No. Cameron Smith can only wonder if the 150th Open will be his arrival as an undisputed elite player. ANDREWS, Scotland - Tiger Woods made an early and emotional departure Friday from the British Open, possibly for the last time at St.
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