Tiger Woods hurting legacy by missing cuts

On Friday's Felger & Mazz program, Kevin Maggiore explains why he thinks Tiger Woods should step away from competing in major championships.

Parts of conversation abbreviated for clarity.

Kevin Maggiore: I am starting to get tired. I don't love this guy like some people do. I don't hate this guy like some people do. I am getting tired of watching Tiger Woods show up once a month and miss the cut by miles. 

He just continues to, in my opinion, somewhat hurt his legacy. I understand that he won these previous majors. The Open you get to play until you're 60 years old. In the Masters and PGA Championship, you get to play until you don't want to play anymore. At least, until they start to push you aside. 

I understand that he has these exemptions. But outside of the masters, I'm getting tired of watching Tiger Woods show up once a month. You know?  

He shoots 14 over in this tournament this week. In the last three majors, he shot a combined 28 over par and missed all of those cuts.  

For the sake of his legacy, I'm just getting tired of Tiger Woods showing up for 2 days and packing up the plane on Friday. I watch it and I just get so upset because I remember 2019. I remember how awesome that Sunday was at the Masters. How many people were so excited for that? I remember 2008, winning in the playoffs, and winning the US Open with a torn ACL and broken leg.  

Now I'm starting to remember Tiger Woods limping around golf courses. Tiger Woods is not even coming close to making the cut, and earlier this year I know this is kind of outside of everything, but having to back out of Riviera because he had the runs. These are the memories that are starting to build of Tiger Woods.  

If he's not going to play more than five tournaments a year, and he's going to keep showing up to the majors and just missing cuts by miles, then I don't want to watch that anymore. I don't want to sit there and see him hit a 25-footer for bogey. Like I saw it this morning. He just inches further away from the cut line. I hate seeing that.  

I mean, look, we're never going to forget who Tiger Woods is. So, if you're going to keep showing up and shooting 15 over, realize you're not going to contend and stop showing up. You don’t want him to ruin his legacy. 

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The final major championship of the 2024 men’s golf season is set to get underway this week. So far in 2024 there have been no “playoffs” needed to settle a champion. In fact, we are closing in on 10 consecutive majors without needing a playoff to determine the winner. Below is a look at major tournaments since 2010 that needed extra golf to settle who the champion would be! 

But before the list, here’s a look at the playoff format of each of the major championships....

The Masters - The Masters uses a sudden-death playoff format that starts on the 18th hole. Should a second playoff hole be needed they go to the 10th hole. The 18th hole and 10th hole run parallel to each other on the course. The playoff rotates through those two holes until there is a winner. 

PGA Championship - The PGA Championship uses a three-hole aggregate playoff format. The holes are determined based on the setup of the course the tournament is being played on. Should the playoff be tied through the three hole aggregate it moves to a sudden death format. 

U.S. Open - The U.S. Open uses a two-hole aggregate playoff format. Much like the PGA Championship, the holes used are based off of the course being played, and the playoff becomes a sudden death if it is tied after the aggregate playoff.  The U.S. Open used to use an 18-hole playoff but changed to a two-hole aggregate in 2018. 

The Open Championship - The Open Championship uses the same playoff format as the PGA Championship, which is a three-hole aggregate playoff. 

Martin Kaymer took home his first major championship at Whistling Straits in 2010 with a playoff victory over Bubba Watson. Kaymer shot even par in the three hole playoff while Watson shot one-over par.

Keegan Bradley won his first major championship in his first major championship appearance at the 2011 PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club. Bradley shot one-under par in the playoff to beat Jason Dufner by a stroke.

Bubba Watson won his first of two Green Jackets in a playoff over Louis Oosthuizen in 2012. After both men parred the first playoff hole they played the 10th hole. Watson hit a ridiculous shot from the trees and ultimately ended the playoff with a par and a bogey from Oosthuizen.

A year after Bubba Watson's victory on the second playoff hole at the Masters, Adam Scott pulled off the same feat. The Aussie found himself in a playoff with 2009 champion Angel Cabrera. Scott would win the playoff with a birdie on the second playoff hole and become the first Australian born golfer to win the Masters.

When Zach Johnson won The Open Championship in a playoff it was a four hole playoff. Johnson outlasted Marc Leishman and Louis Oosthuizen in the playoff at St. Andrews. Johnson played the four holes at on-under while Oosthuizen shot even par and Leishman shot two-over par.

Sergio Garcia's long awaited major championship victory came in a playoff at the 2017 Masters. Garcia and Justin Rose faced off in the playoff and Garcia won on the first playoff hole with a birdie putt to claim the Green Jacket.

The last major to go to a playoff was the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills. Justin Thomas and Will Zalatoris competed in a three-hole playoff for the Wanamaker Trophy. Thomas would ultimately claim his second PGA Championship title by playing the playoff at two-under par.