Swede Ludvig Åberg, who rose to the top of golf last season, is leading the US Open ranking tournament in its midway point.
The effects of the 2021 car crash are still visible on the golf superstar Tiger Woods in play. Woods, who has won the prestigious tournament of the sport fifteen times, is not able to play often enough to be competitive in the most important tournaments of the season.
In the US Open Championship, Woods was eliminated from the competition after two rounds. His combined score at Pinehurst, North Carolina was 147 strokes (+7).
– It’s frustrating that I’m not playing this weekend, Woods, who played the second round with 73 shots, said.
Woods drove his car violently off the road in California in February 2021, more than three years ago. The golf star suffered serious injuries, but with the help of surgeries, his back and legs have been restored. Woods is already able to walk the kilometers required for four rounds, but he has had to cut back on the amount of training and competition.
– I can’t play as much as I used to because I don’t want to stress my body too much, Woods said.
According to Woods, 48, increasing the number of games could lead to his body not being able to take it, and then he would miss major tournaments.
Masters winner in trouble
Swedish Ludvig Aberg topped the US Open midway through the tournament. Behind the beat from Åberg are the Americans Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Cantlay and the Belgian, who had already impressed in the previous race Thomas Detry.
Åberg, who rose to the top of the sport last season, has a total of 135 hits (-5).
– This is not an easy field. I kept the game disciplined and was patient, the 24-year-old Åberg said.
World No. 1, American Scottie Scheffler was in trouble on the second day of play and hit the ball 74 times. He secured his next place by one stroke. He did not make a single birdie for the first time in his career in his rounds of major competitions.
– I didn’t get the putts in, but I’m proud of how I fought, Scheffler said.
At the Masters played in April, Åberg was second behind Scheffler.