"I've had nothing to build on this season,'' he said. "It's a process.''
Snedeker's body language in the second round Friday morning mirrored his scorecard. He had only one birdie in 36 holes, thus the early departure. When his tee shot on the par-3 No. 11 found a water hazard, Snedeker hung his head. The double bogey finished him off.
"You need to see some good stuff happen and I haven't seen that in awhile,'' Snedeker said. "I try to blame it on everything else, but if your attitude is bad, it doesn't matter what else happens out there. It's tough. There's no other way to put it.''
Snedeker had a similar stretch during his Nationwide Tour days, after tripping over a tree root in the dark and breaking a rib.
"I played bad for two, three months that time, but I played through it. I came back after that injury and made seven of eight cuts,'' he said.
Snedeker's timing for errant play could not be worse. He is in the field for the U.S. Open next week at Bethpage Black. It's a course that can devour even the game's best players. Missing the fairway at Bethpage usually means an automatic bogey.
"It could be the worst time, or it could be the best time,'' Snedeker said. "I have absolutely no expectations going in there. I could go in there and be the leader after the first round, and it wouldn't surprise me. Or I could go there and shoot 90 and that wouldn't surprise me.