Another side of Tiger Woods was unveiled to the golfing world on Friday. And just like the last time, it was shocking to see.
It is too early to say what, if any, effect his personal troubles will have on his game but Woods ensured those questions would be asked after a rare inept performance at the Quail Hollow championship on Friday.
Woods missed the cut for only the sixth time in his professional career after rounds of 74 and 79. By his incredible standards, this was a train crash the golfing world never expected to see. Woods looked like a man with the weight of the world on his shoulders but insisted the distractions in his private life were not to blame.
"Does it test you? Yes, of course it does," he told reporters.
"Is that any excuse? No, because I'm out there and I have the same opportunity as everybody else here in this field to shoot a good number, and I didn't do that."
"It does bother me, no doubt. But at least I get the weekend to watch and see how it's done, how real players play golf," the world number 1 golfer told reporters. clearly his humour hasn’t been too badly hit, even if he isn’t at the top of his game.