Tiger Woods faces a win-or-go-home situation in Greensboro this weekend. Entering Thursday, the former world No. 1 is 187th in FedEx Cup points. Only the top 125 will be eligible for the playoffs at Plainfield Country Club in Edison, New Jersey.
Should Woods fail to qualify for the second year in a row, his next PGA Tour start will not be until the Frys.com Open in October. That appears to be of no concern for the 39-year-old. For Woods, the Wyndham Championship is about building, not qualifying.
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"I think it's more just building," Woods said, per ESPN. "People keep asking me this week, 'Is it your season?' No, it's not really about the season, it's about the year.
.@CP3 needed some putting advice from @TigerWoods on the first green during the pro-am at the Wyndham Championship. pic.twitter.com/vPBlITrJsC
— ESPN (@espn) August 19, 2015
"I haven't quite come to grips with the whole non-calendar season yet, this whole wraparound thing, so for me I still consider it a year. And I still have plenty of golf to be played for the rest of the year. And as I said, on a global level."
Depending on your preference, that can be viewed as either good or bad news.
For a decade strong, Woods dominated the headlines, leaving no room for rising stars to share the spotlight. Rivals were forced upon him by the media to create some semblance of competition, but Tour members Sergio Garcia, Vijay Singh and Phil Mickelson simply fell by the wayside.
That's no longer the case in 2015. In fact, it's Woods who finally fell by the wayside.
Rory McIlroy (26), Jordan Spieth (22) and Rickie Fowler (26) are just a few of the young stars currently stealing the headlines, leading golf into a new era. For all his greatness, there's no room for this incarnation of Woods in that era.
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