CHARLOTTE, N.C. — So much for Tiger Woods wanting the attention to return to his golf.

In a shocking meltdown at the Quail Hollow Championship Friday, Woods matched the worst nine-hole score of his PGA Tour career and wound up with a 7-over 79 to miss a cut for only the sixth time in his 14-year career.

He had three-putt bogeys on consecutive holes. He hit a flop shot that ran over the green and into the water. And he bottomed out on the 15th green with a four-putt double bogey from just over 30 feet.

Making the performance even more surprising is that Woods was coming off a tie for fourth at the Masters three weeks ago.