Former World No. 1 Tiger Woods missed the cut from the Quicken Loans National held in Bethesda, Maryland Friday, his first golf tournament after being sidelined since March.

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14-time majors' winner Woods struggled with his driving and short putts at the Congressional Country Club due to his previous surgery to repair a pinch nerve located in his back three months ago.

Woods finished the second round four-over 75 and seven-over 149 overall which is four-over the cut.

"I am really encouraged by what happened this week," Woods told reporters after a round that included just three birdies, five bogeys, with four successive bogeys in the 11^th, 12^th, 13^th and 14^th holes, and a single double.

"I missed the cut by four shots, that's a lot, but what I was able to do physically and the speed I had and the distance I was hitting the golf ball again, I hadn't done that in a very long time. I needed to get back into competitive feel ... to hit shots and shake some stuff off and see how things were. I've had no setbacks. I got my feel for playing tournament golf," said Woods.

Woods missed the U.S. Open at Pinehurst where German Martin Kaymer won but will be competing in the British Open to held at Hoylake, England from July 17-20.

"I made a ton of simple little mistakes, misjudging things and missing the ball on the wrong sides, not being able to get up and down on simple shots," said Woods.

"The thing I was worried about the most was hitting driver, and I roasted it, the last two days I hit it really well. The short game was off. As I said, I made so many little mistakes this week, but that is something I can rectify, and get that fixed for the British (Open)," Woods added.

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