Tiger Woods failed to qualify this weekend for the Tour Championship, meaning his PGA Tour season has come to an end, but he said the BMW Championship gave him a "great ramp-up" for the U.S. Open.
Woods did not come close to securing the top-five finish he needed to take his place in the field at East Lake next week. He finished with a 1-over 71 on Sunday and was 11 over for the tournament, tied for 51st place.
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The 15-time major champion will have two weeks to prepare for the second major of the year at Winged Foot after his hopes of being crowned FedEx Cup champion for a third time were ended.
Woods feels a testing week in such tough scoring conditions at Olympia Fields will stand him in good stead to start the 2020-21 season strongly at the U.S. Open.
Two-time #FedExCup winner Tiger Woods needed a top-5 finish to advance to the @PlayoffFinale.
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"I didn't play as well as I wanted to the first couple days. Today was nice," he said. "I hit the ball really well and made only a couple putts, but today was more indicative of how I want to play in a couple weeks.
"This golf course was basically a U.S. Open, with the rough being as high as it is and fairways a little bit narrow. Look at the scores, and I don't think that we've seen scores like this in a non-major in a very long time. This was a great ramp-up for me for the U.S. Open.
"I wish I was playing next week, but I've got a couple weeks off."
Woods made two birdies in the first four holes Sunday but could only add another one on the back nine, mixed in with a couple of dropped shots. He finished with a double-bogey.