Is it time to write off Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson?

This has never happened.

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have never each had the weekend off in consecutive weeks on the PGA Tour.

Woods had never missed the cut in consecutive starts in his PGA Tour career before a career-worst 82 at the Phoenix Open sent him packing almost six months after missing the cut at the PGA Championship. He withdrew from the Farmers Insurance Open on Thursday after 11 holes, citing back pain.

Mickelson, like Woods, missed the cut in Phoenix, then got 86’d early from Torrey Pines on Friday. It’s the first time since 2002 that Mickelson has missed cuts in consecutive weeks.

Is this the end of an era?

Combined, Woods and Mickelson have 19 major titles to their credit and 121 PGA Tour wins. They’re 1-2 on the PGA Tour’s all-time money list, together earning nearly $ 185 million in official cash.

In the last 13 months, however, they’ve made 35 official PGA Tour starts. Between them, they have one top-10 finish: Mickelson’s runner-up run at the PGA Championship. It’s that run Mickelson made at Rory McIlroy at Valhalla that is the glimmer of hope.

Mickelson is still strong, ridiculously long off the tee and still committed to form and fitness. His putter, always balky, remains his biggest detriment. He may need to find the control that led to his Players Championship win in 2007, but it’s a game we’ve seen and he knows.

The future looks more bleak for Woods. His full swing has been roundly criticized for not addressing a massive head dip that contorts his body and leaves him consistently stuck before impact. Woods has the chipping yips, though he did look better in spots on Thursday at Torrey Pines. However, it’s hard not to write off 2015 as a throwaway year as he figures out with Chris Como what will help him accomplish his goals and keep him healthy.

Health is the great variable for Woods, who said his back pain Thursday was a muscular problem, not a bone issue. Even so, Woods’ back has flared up twice since returning last June while on the course, leading Woods to walk off the course. That kind of unpredictability could prove problematic, even when Woods sorts out a technical path forward.

At this moment, it seems safe to say neither Woods nor Mickelson will ever dominate again on a long-term basis. The battle for No. 1 is left to their younger peers. However, it would be premature to suggest neither of the best two players of a generation don’t hold a puncher’s chance of winning here and there, including a major or two. The adjustment for fans might be relishing those throwback moments rather than expecting them.

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