FIRST TOURNAMENT IN THREE MONTHS ENDS ON LOW NOTE

• TIGER WOODS MISSES CUT ON 

  COMEBACK: NEXT UP IS THE OPEN
• Tiger Woods shot 74-75 during the first two rounds at Congressional. (Rob Carr/Getty Images)

FROM THE US PGA TOUR WEBSITE
BETHESDA, Maryland  -- Tiger Woods' first tournament start in three months ended in disappointment for him, as well as for his fans, with a missed cut at the Quicken Loans National.
Woods, who had microdiscectomy surgery in March to repair a pinched nerve in his back, was clearly out of sorts with his game today as he shot a 75. He ended 36 holes at the tournament he hosts with a 7-over total of 149.
Woods' next tournament is expected to be The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, as he resumes his quest to eclipse Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 professional majors. 
Woods has been stuck at 14 since winning the 2008 U.S. Open.
The Open will be played over the Hoylake links which is where Woods last won the Claret Jug in 2006.
The early exit was just the 18th of Woods' career, which now spans 313 starts. His last missed cut came two years ago at The Greenbrier Classic -- a stretch of 103 weeks.
Woods seemed to get some momentum today with birdies at Nos. 9 and 10, but the wheels quickly came off as he followed with four straight bogeys. At that point, it was essentially only a matter of how many shots short he'd fall off a weekend date at Congressional.
Woods did get up and down from the front of the green at the par-5 16th but he missed a 4-footer for another birdie at No. 17 that might have made the final score slightly more palatable.
 But it didn't change the final outcome or that fact that work needs to be done before he heads across the Atlantic to the Open championship.
Woods only hit 16 of 28 fairways in the two rounds. He missed 16 greens over 36 holes, eight each day, and used a total of 61 putts, including 30 on Friday.
The last time Woods had four straight bogeys was the third round of this year's Farmers Insurance Open. He started on the back nine that day and actually double bogeyed Nos. 18 and 1 before reeling off five straight bogeys. Woods finished with a 79 there. 
While The Tiger struggled to a 75, Justin Rose shot a 65 to be sharing 11th place on 139 - before the end of play for the day.
Similarly, Russell Knox got it round in 67 to be T13 on 140. But fellow Scot Martin Laird missed the cut by two shots with a 72 for 147