Early bogeys put paid to Tiger’s hopes

TIGER WOODS proved he was still capable of magical things in the suffocating humidity of yesterday’s final round of the US PGA Championship at Baltusrol.

But in truth he waved goodbye to his chance of claiming an 11th major title and so edging closer to Jack Nicklaus's total of 18 when he bogeyed two of his first three holes to fall irretrievably behind the likes of Phil Mickelson.

Woods had gone into the final round six shots behind joint leaders Mickelson and Davis Love III in spite of successive rounds of 69 and 66.