PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods swung driver on the seventh hole and it went right down the middle.

His driver, not the golf ball.

This wasn’t a fit of disgust Sunday at The Players Championship, rather one of those times where Woods feels trapped between the old swing he is trying to forget and the new one he is trying to build. He let the club go after impact, and it traveled some 15 feet. The golf ball went 275 yards, offline and near the face of a bunker.

He wound up at 3-over 291 and tied for 69th, Only the top 60 receive ranking points, meaning Woods will slide even more from No. 125.