IAN Woosnam survived the embarrassment of missing the cut at the Wales Open when his total of one-over par saw him survive by one shot.

In the end it was academic as the torrential rain reduced the event to a play-off decider between the three leaders tied on six-under par.

Woosnam described his golf over the two days as shocking but the signs were there from the very first shot he hit on Friday afternoon.

"My performance was shocking, I played really badly," said Woosnam. "I had no connection on the ball and my driving off the tee was poor in both rounds, it's something I have to work on."

At 1.12pm in his opening round with Phil Price and Gary Orr, he hooked his tee-shot at the par four first into the spectators on the left hand side of the fairway.

He finished in some deep rough, and put his recovery shot into the greenside bunker. It gave him a bogey start.

Although he the proceeded to birdie the next two holes it was a false dawn. Through his two rounds Woosnam was plagued by problems off the tee and an inability to connect correctly with the ball.

He finished the first round with a one-over par 73 and although he level pared the second round it was one littered with mistakes.

His best moment of an unsatisfactory tournament came at the dogleg 13th in his second round. Having hit a solid tee shot up the middle of the fairway, Woosnam was left with 137 yards to the pin. He hit a nine iron to within two feet and it rolled into the cup for an eagle two.

It was the only bright moment of the weekend but it gave Woosnam the chance to make the cut.

The loss of the day's play on Sunday, though, ended any hopes Woosie had of making a charge up the leaderboard and has had a more immediate affect on his future.

Not having the chance to make the top ten have left Woosnam struggling in the chase for Ryder Cup points. At 16th in the rankings he needs a big week in America to ensure he has any chance of making September's Ryder Cup side as a player.