Tiger Woods, as SB Nation’s Brendan Porath described on Saturday, imploded in stunning fashion in the third round of the 2014 Farmers Insurance Open. While it was shocking to watch Tiger come apart on a Torrey Pines track he has owned over the years, it wasn’t that long ago that the world No. 1 carded the same 7-over 79; in fact, it was just last year at Jack Nicklaus’ Muirfield Village Golf Club. As he’d reveal later, however, Woods was dealing with an elbow injury during last year’s Memorial, an injury he kept “hidden” until it flared up at Merion and the U.S. Open.
Tiger tanks at Torrey: Woods matches 2nd-worst score ever as a professional
Where Tiger’s 79 at Torrey ranks on the roster of his all-time stink-er-oos.
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Tiger Woods’ highest 18-hole scores as a professional:
| Score | To Par | Event |
| 81 | 10-over | 2002 Open Championship |
| 79 | 7-over | 2013 Memorial Tournament |
| 79 | 7-over | 2010 Quail Hollow Championship |
| 79 | 7-over | 1996 Holden Australian Open |
| 78 | 8-over | 1996 THE TOUR Championship |
| 78 | 6-over | 1999 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am |
| 77 | 7-over | 2011 PGA Championship |
| 77 | 7-over | 2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational |
| 77 | 7-over | 1998 Open Championship |
| 77 | 5-over | 1997 Las Vegas Invitational |
| 77 | 5-over | 1998 Bay Hill Invitational |
| 77 | 5-over | 2002 Buick Invitational |
| 76 | 6-over | 2013 U.S. Open Championship |
| 76 | 6-over | 2000 Williams World Challenge |
| 76 | 6-over | 1998 THE TOUR Championship |
| 76 | 5-over | 2012 The Barclays |
| 76 | 4-over | 2004 U.S. Open Championship |
| 76 | 4-over | 1997 Bell Canadian Open |
| 76 | 4-over | 1998 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am |
| 76 | 4-over | 1998 Motorola Western Open |
| 76 | 4-over | 2003 Masters Tournament |
| 76 | 4-over | 2003 the Memorial Tournament |
| 76 | 4-over | 2006 U.S. Open Championship - Rd. 1 |
| 76 | 4-over | 2006 U.S. Open Championship - Rd. 2 |
(Stats, which do not include Saturday’s 79 at Torrey Pines, courtesy of TigerWoods.com)
The 9-over stretch in seven holes on Saturday was a surreal run of catastrophe for Woods, who simply could not make a par. After blasting the field here last year, the unraveling and MC were a startling beginning to the 2014 season, which resumes this week overseas at the Dubai Desert Classic.
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