How bad was Tiger Woods’ performance in the Bridgestone Invitational, where he shot 74-72-75-77 — 298?
By Woods’ high standards it was historic. It was the highest-scoring four rounds of his professional career. Most of the time Woods has shot high numbers, it’s been in a major championship, where the course set-up has been tough.
But that was not the case at Firestone this weekend, where winner Hunter Mahan shot 12-under-par, 30 strokes better than the greatest player in the history of the game.
The following are Woods’ worst scores following four consecutive rounds in each of his last 16 seasons.
2010 – 74-72-75-77 – 298 (18-over) Bridgestone
2009 – 71-75-70-72 – 288 (1-over) PGA (last 2 rounds), Barclays (first 2 rounds)
2008 – 72-68-70-73 – 283 (1-under) U.S. Open (in winning)
2007 – 73-70-76-71 – 290 (9-over) Arnold Palmer (3), WGC-CA (1)
2007 – 73-73-74-72 – 292 (5-over) WGC-CA (1), Masters (3)
2006 – 70-76-76-72 – 294 (14-over) Masters (1), U.S. Open (2-MC), Western (1)
2005 – 73-73-75-73 – 294 (9-over) Players (3), Masters (1)
2004 – 74-74-73-75 – 296 (8-over) Bay Hill (3), Players (1)
2003 – 74-72-73-73 – 292 (12-over) PGA (4)
2002 – 72-70-68-81 – 291 (8-over) U.S. Open (1), British (3)
2001 – 73-71-67-73 – 284 (2-over) British Open (2), PGA (2)
2000 – 70-71-76-71 – 288 (5-over) Williams WC (3), Mercedes (1)
1999 – 74-72-74-74 — 294 (10-over) British Open (4) – tied for 7th
1998 – 77-72-73-73 – 295 (11-over) Bay Hill (2), Players (2)
1997 – 72-75-74-74 – 295 (9-over) Memorial (3), U.S. Open (1)
1996 – 75-76-69-77 – 297 (17-over) Masters (1) U.S. Open (3) — before turning pro
1995 – 85-74-71-77 – 307 (21-over) U.S. Open (1), Western Open (3) – before turning pro
