Woods Doesn't Make Grade In 2nd Masters Appearance

AUGUSTA, Ga. U.S. Amateur champion Tiger Woods finished tied for41st in his first Masters last year. This time, the Stanfordsophomore failed to make the cut.

Woods shot a pair of 75s and missed playing on the weekend byfour shots.

"I was a lot more comfortable playing here this year," Woodssaid after Friday's round. "I knew what to expect. My score didn'tshow it, but I played better this year than last year."NOT TODAY, D.A.: Former Western Open champion D.A. Weibringballooned to an 81 and missed the cut by nine shots.But Weibring's excuse probably was the most legitimate in thefield. He had an attack of Bell's palsy over the winter, and thiswas his first tournament since early January.The condition has affected Weibring's ablity to close his lefteye. Once again Thursday night, he had to tape the eye shut in orderto sleep."I really wanted to play four rounds here," Weibring said. "ButI'm not in playing shape. The biggest problem I had was thepatience."SEMI COLIN: Scotland's Colin Montgomerie has lost 40 pounds andis happily fit. That doesn't keep him from longing for the good oldeating days."They used to have some lovely junior club sandwiches here," hesaid of the Augusta National grill room. "I'm not allowed themanymore."Montgomerie, the world's second-ranked player, shot 72-74 - 146and made the cut with no strokes to spare.ON THE BAG: This is the 10th anniversary of Jack Nicklaus' sixthMasters victory. Nicklaus' son, Jackie, caddied for him in 1986.This year, Nicklaus' second-youngest son, Steve, is carrying thebag. Jackie is home in Florida with his wife, who gave birth totheir fourth child last week.CADDIE SHAFT: Carl Jackson, Ben Crenshaw's caddie, is unhappycaddies can't get tickets to the tournament."Between my wife and I, we have six kids," Jackson said."They're reading all the time about what's going on with me in golf,and when it comes to the Masters, I can't even get them a ticket.""That's tough," said Jack Stephens, Augusta National's chairman."We all have people for whom we can't get tickets."NOTES: Jay Haas shot 72 Friday, breaking a streak of nine subparrounds at the Masters. He shares the record with Arnold Palmer andRaymond Floyd.Steve Stricker, whose wife, Nicole, caddies for him, improved 11shots from Thursday to Friday. But at 80-69 - 149, he missed the cutby three strokes.