One night before The Open, Tiger Woods gave a direct order to withdraw, asking, “What the hell is he doing?” Next week at Royal Troon, Tiger Woods may play in his final Open Championship, but Colin Montgomerie thinks the 15-time major winner should already be retired. Before the 15-time major champion tees off at The Open Championship next week, Colin Montgomerie says it’s time for Tiger Woods to retire and wonders, “What the hell is he doing?” plagued by injuries While Ryder Cup hero Montgomerie believes it’s getting harder to watch Woods play, the 48-year-old still steadfastly battles away at the majors in the hopes of winning again before the conclusion of his legendary career.
Woods has played just four events this year, withdrawing from The Genesis Invitational due to a bout of flu in February before a 60th-place finish at The Masters two months later. Missed cuts followed at the PGA Championship and US Open, with the 82-time PGA Tour winner a shadow of his former self.
Montgomerie was particularly pained by Woods’ performance at Pinehurst No. 2 last month. The event proved to be one of the most brutal US Opens in recent memory, and Woods’ game came up short.
Montgomerie, 61, fears Woods will endure a similar experience at Royal Troon next week when the 152nd Open gets underway. The Scotsman has urged Woods to call it a day.
“I hope people remember Tiger as Tiger was, the passion and the charismatic aura around him,” he told The Times. There is none of that now. At Pinehurst, he did not seem to enjoy a single shot and you think ‘What the hell is he doing?’ He’s coming to Troon and he won’t enjoy it there either.”
