Wednesday 5 August 2015 15:04, UK
Tiger Woods accepts that next week’s US PGA Championship in Wisconsin could signal the end of his season.
The former world No 1 is languishing in 189th position in the FedEx Cup standings after a tied-18th finish at the Quicken Loans National, needing to rise 60 spots to qualify for the end of season PGA Tour play-offs.
The 39-year-old acknowledges that failure to improve his ranking with a high finish in the fourth and final major of the season will leave little to be gained by playing in the Wyndham Championship, the final event of the qualifying period.
Right now, I'm so far off that I need to have a really high finish.
Victory at Whistling Straits would move Woods into the top 60 in the FedEx table while a second-place finish could see the 14-time major winner sneak into the all-important top 125.
“By playing well in the PGA, that determines whether or not I'll play Wyndham, and obviously the rest of the FedEx Cup play-offs," he said.
"I need to obviously play well at the PGA to get myself to move up in points and then give myself an opportunity to get into the play-offs.
“Right now, I'm so far off that I need to have a really high finish, and nothing higher than winning my fifth PGA would be nice."
There are three weeks remaining in the qualifying period, starting this week with tournaments in Nevada and Ohio. After that comes the PGA followed by the Wyndham event at Sedgefield, North Carolina, before the four-tournament play-off series gets under way on August 27.
Luke Donald, currently at 127 on the list and another high-profile golfer struggling to make the play-offs, has given this week's event a miss but will return for the US PGA Championship starting on August 13.
Watch the FedEx Cup drama unfold on Sky Sports, starting with this week’s WGC Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone.
