By Nick Selbe Woods will take time away from competing and instead prepare for The Open Championship at St. Andrews in July. View the original article to see embedded media. Nine days before the start of the tournament, Tiger Woods released a statement on Tuesday announcing that he would not be playing in this year’s U.S. Open. Woods wrote that his body “needs more time” to get stronger for a major tournament, and said he hoped to be ready for The Open Championship in July. Woods had played in this year’s first two majors: the Masters and PGA Championship. He made the cut both times, though ha…