Tiger Woods rues 'awful' putting after his opening round 75 at US PGA Championship

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Tiger Woods blames putting after poor opening round at Whistling Straits
Former World No 1 struggles to a first day 75 at US PGA Championship
US star has missed the cut in last two majors for first time in career
Woods faces battle to avoid another early exit after finishing three-over-par

Published: 15:22 EST, 13 August 2015 | Updated: 16:34 EST, 13 August 2015

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Former world No 1 Tiger Woods blamed his putting after struggling to an opening round of 75 in the US PGA Championship on Thursday.

Woods, who missed consecutive cuts in major championships for the first time in his career in the US Open and Open Championship, faces a battle to avoid another early exit after carding five bogeys and two birdies at Whistling Straits.

'I hit it great today, but I made actually nothing,' the 14-time major winner said. 'Probably one of the worst putting rounds I've had in a very long time. But I hit it good today, so that's about it.

Former world No 1 Tiger Woods blamed his putting after struggling to an opening round of 75

Woods faces a battle to avoid an early exit after carding five bogeys and two birdies at Whistling Straits

Woods hits a tee shot from the tenth in front of a large watching crowd at Whistling Straits

The golfing superstar drives one from the 11th during round one at the US PGA Championship

Woods missed consecutive cuts for the first time in his career at the last two major championships

'I just had no feel at all for the speed (on the greens). It was awful. My speed was bad, hence speed determines line, so that was off. I either left them short or blew them by. Just didn't have the speed at all.

'I kept with the game plan, I struck it the way I wanted to pretty much all day, and I just never got a putt, I don't think I made one putt all day.

'Good news is I had complete control of the golf ball - even with these conditions as they got tougher, I was able to control it.'

At 186th in the FedEx Cup standings, Woods needs to finish second or better at Whistling Straits to jump into the top 125 and be eligible for the first play-off event in a fortnight's time, having currently not entered next week's final qualifying event.

'The season is pretty much over very soon,' the 39-year-old added. 'But the year's not.

'I still can do things overseas, our next (PGA Tour) season is starting up, I have my tournament down in the Bahamas. There's plenty of golf to be played globally. The season, it is what it is, but calendar year I still have a lot of golf left.'