Book isn't closed on Woods' season

HAVEN, WIS. – Thursday, Tiger Woods said he was in complete control of his golf ball.

Friday, he required an act of weather to make it to the weekend of a major.

The high winds and hard rains that hit Whistling Straits extended Woods' golf season for another 15 hours or so. Then Woods killed a popular story line by committing to play in the Wyndham Championship next week.

That means that the 2015 season of the most dominant golfer in history won't involuntarily end on a Saturday morning in mid-August.

With five holes to finish in his second round at the PGA Championship on Friday, Woods was at 4 over par, probably needing to play the final five holes in 2 under to make the cut.

He will not qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs. He is nowhere near the Presidents Cup points leaders. He may be facing a dormant fall during which he will be forced to contemplate the ruination of his game.

By the time he plays in another major, he will be 40 years and four months old.

Nicklaus won two majors when he was 40, and another when he was 46.

Woods will have to win four after turning 40 to catch Nicklaus. Woods has not won a major since he was 32 years old.

The last time Woods finished second in a major: The 2009 PGA Championship at Hazeltine National.

There, he took a two-shot lead into the final round, and a 14-0 record when leading a major after three rounds. Y.E. Yang beat him head-to-head by five strokes that day and won the tournament by three strokes. Woods has not seemed invincible since.

"Good news is I had complete control over the golf ball even with these conditions," Woods had said after his Thursday round.

Even before he committed to the Wyndham, Woods sounded eager to play more competitive golf this year in search of his scoring touch.

He finished 17th at The Masters, missed the cut at the U.S. Open and British Open, and is likely to miss the cut at the PGA. He did not finish higher than 17th in any tournament this year.