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Tiger Woods shoots a three-over 74 in first competitive tournament since Open Championship in July; 47-year-old bogeys last three of the final four holes at Genesis Invitational – watch round two live on Sky Sports Golf from 2.30pm on Friday

Tiger Woods bogeyed three of the last four holes to leave himself sweating to make the cut

Tiger Woods shot three-over 74 in the second round of the Genesis Invitations, leaving him sweating to make the round three cut.

The 15-time major champion sits at one-over-par at Riviera Country Club after following up his opening round 69 with a three-over-par 74.

With the rest of the field still finishing their rounds, Woods has a nervous wait to see if he will make it to the weekend with the projected cut line fluctuating between even par and one-over par.

Woods is making his first competitive event since the Open Championship last July. He has played sparingly since injuring his right leg and foot in a single-car accident in Los Angeles two days after the 2021 Genesis.

Woods is making his first competitive appearance since July 2022

“I did not putt well today,” said Woods, who’s also the tournament host. “I blocked a lot of putts early, and this is probably the highest score I could have shot today. Probably should have shot probably five or six better than this, easily. Just didn’t make the putts early and the middle part of the round when I had those opportunities.”

He started Friday’s round on the back nine and bogeyed the par-4 12th and 13th holes, including missing a 5-foot par putt on the 13th, before recovering with his best shot of the day at the 14th.

His tee shot bounced on the front of the green and rolled to within 10 inches of the cup to set up a tap-in birdie.

But his only other birdie of the day came at the par-5 17th, where he escaped a fairway bunker and stuck his third shot inside three feet.

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Tiger Woods has apologised after he drew criticism for handing a tampon to Justin Thomas, an action he says ‘was supposed to be fun and games’.

Woods went on to par the next six holes before bogeying three of his last four and was 10 strokes off the pace of leader Keith Mitchell, who was in the clubhouse at nine-under.

Friday’s play was dominated by off-the-course issues, after Woods drew criticism for handing Justin Thomas a tampon on Thursday during their opening round.

Woods apologised for the incident after his second round.