Tiger tries to look on bright side

Tiger Woods tried to look on the bright side on Sunday, despite a final-round 73 that left him well out of the running at the US Open and without a major championship victory since 2008.

"There's a lot of positives this week," insisted Woods, who started the day five shots off the lead and saw any hopes of making a charge unravel when he was six-over through the first six holes at The Olympic Club.

At least his tie for 21st, on 7-over 287 and six shots behind winner Webb Simpson, was better than his equal 40th finish at the Masters in April.