Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods has said he is 'right where I need to be' after he hit a one-under-par 71 in his first round at the Masters at Augusta on his remarkable return ...

We haven’t taken a day off since I got out of the bed after three months [post-accident]. So it’s commitment to getting back and commitment to getting back to a level that I feel that I can still do it. It’s going to be difficult for the rest of my life. Yeah, I was able to do that.” “I was able to finish up in the red,” said Woods. “I am right where I need to be. “Some of the guys [fellow players] know. I went back to what my dad always said.

AUGUTA: Tiger Woods, making an incredible comeback 14 months after suffering severe leg injuries in a car crash, fired a one-under par 71 on Thursday for a ...

With a victory, Woods would become the eldest Masters champion, three weeks older than Jack Nicklaus in 1986, and the third-oldest major winner after Phil Mickelson (50) and Julius Boros (48). Woods was hospitalized for weeks and unable to walk for months after an auto accident in February 21 and says he still plays through pain but he made an astonishing recovery to return at the Masters, where he won his first major title 25 years ago and made his most recent prior start 17 months ago. Woods sank a 29-foot birdie putt at the par-3 16th and closed with a clutch 10-foot birdie putt at the par-4 18th.

The Sporting News tracked Tiger Woods' first day at the 2022 Masters Tournament. Follow along for updates, highlights and results from his day.

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Maybe somewhere else, Woods' rust would have cost him. At the course he knows best, he still willed himself into contention.

He could run out of gas on Sunday. But for five hours on a sunny afternoon in Georgia, an imperfect golfer with an imperfect body took advantage of a perfect marriage: Tiger Woods and Augusta National. I did that all day, and I was able to make a few putts and end up in the red like I am now.” “That's just the way it is. (Remember: There were no fans here in 2020, and Woods watched the 2021 Masters in a hospital bed.) After Rob McNamara successfully navigated the madness to reunite with the boss man, Woods bear-hugged him: “How bout that, Robby?!” That’s what gets it done at Augusta. It’s the antithesis of driving-range golf. But loose shots are forgiven at Augusta, so long as you’re precise in the right moments and blessed with perhaps the greatest set of hands to ever hold a golf club. Did you accomplish your task in the warm up? He poured it in the center and trusted that surgically rebuilt leg to hold his weight as he picked his ball out of the hole. “To see where I've been, to get from there to here, it was no easy task.” But for a man fighting the rust of a 17-month competitive layoff, who’s still struggling to push off his Inspector Gadget right leg, who’s dealing with a gnarly FORELEFT off the tee, it’s ideal. At Pinehurst No. 2, Woods might still be in the trees on a quixotic search for a punch-out window. Just a minor setback en route to a crafty par.

No. 2, 575 yards, par 5: Drive down right side of fairway. Fairway metal short of green. Wedge from 50 yards. Two putts from 16 feet. Par. Score: Even. Status: ...

Chip to 6 feet. Approach to 20 feet. No. 17, 440 yards, par 4: Driver to second cut on right side. No. 13, 510 yards, par 5: Drive to center of fairway. No. 11, 520 yards, par 4: Driver to middle of fairway. Approach to front of green, rolled back to fairway. Approach to front of green, rolled back to fairway. Pitch to short of green. No. 7, 450 yards, par 4: Fairway metal to pine straw past the right side of fairway. Approach to 15 feet. No. 5, 495 yards, par 4: Driver to fairway. Approach to front of green, rolling just back onto the fairway.

Tiger Woods returns to competitive golf almost 14 months after a horrific car crash. We follow every step, every hole of his first round at the Masters.

He made the comebacker for par to stay at 1 under. Woods was forced to lay up short of the 18th green. And that was, without question, his game plan when he walked to the tee in the first place. He wasn't messing around with going at the flag when the stakes were real. He had 13 putts and was 4 of 5 scrambling.— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) pic.twitter.com/cfXM27zHvn April 7, 2022 After a perfect drive and a solid layup, he hit a messy, messy chip. He cozied up his 40-footer and kept the par train rolling. He knows when he made one. Woods remained conservative with his tee shot at the third, opting for an iron at the short par 4. Never. Now? Sure. A well-positioned 3-wood off the tee and another on the layup left him in a good spot. A so-so pitch shot left a 10-footer up the hill to save par, which he rolled right in the middle. Almost 14 months after a single-car crash so severe that doctors considered amputating his right leg, Woods made his return.

Tiger Woods is scheduled to tee off for the first round of the Masters on Thursday as he targets a remarkable comeback following a car crash in February ...

I think it's amazing for him to be out here." "Walking is the hard part. Seventy-two holes is a long road. It's going to be a tough challenge and a challenge I'm up for." "With the conditions my leg is in, it gets a little bit more difficult. "I know the leg is hurt but he's hitting it plenty far enough to play this course, and he plays this course as well as he does, he's won here a bunch, he knows what to do."

Tiger Woods is 46 years old. But he is aging champion, returning to the sport, not ready to exit the stage.

"Come on, leg," he muttered. He wore his pain on the outside for everyone to see. He grabbed his back after a swing. He tossed a tuft of grass into the air at Amen Corner and stared blankly down into the tunnel. You could understand they wanted to hear the inside, what Jack was thinking inside as he played the last nine holes." Then the three legends rolled into the interview room for a great big saccharine nostalgia tour -- a preview of what awaits Tiger Woods once he accepts that his days of competing for titles are finished. "You've got the record," Jack said. "I can hit it just fine," he said. Tiger isn't the only story in golf, but he is the only story that matters for everyone who isn't really into golf, if that makes sense. Tiger's future, a time when he no longer believes, lurked everywhere around him at Augusta. Early on Thursday morning, as he got worked on by his pit crew of therapists, three golf legends took the annual ceremonial first shots, officially starting the tournament. In the other, one of the most-watched men of his generation is engaged in combat with his own body. He's been the victim of his own violent swing, of his own bad decisions, of bad luck, but in the end, his legacy will be defined by how he has refused to be a victim at all.

Tigermania continues on Friday but this leaderboard has an insanely similar look to the November 2020 edition.

Despite a slew of Masters top-10’s over the years, McIlroy has played his way into contention on just one Sunday since he took the lead into the final round in 2011. you guessed, it Dustin Johnson. The conditions this week have mimicked that November affair to an extent with plenty of wind and moisture, which has left Augusta to play long and soft. DJ is contending once again after an opening-round 69 and the leaderboard as a whole looks eerily similar to that November edition. Deep in the gallery along the 1st tee on Thursday, one patron whispered, “This should be interesting” as Woods prepared to strike his first tee shot. Woods's test of endurance begins now, and with every good score comes a later tee time and more time to recover. Because Woods is very much in contention after an opening 71, the stage is set for Friday to be equally electric.

Even more improbable than Tiger Woods showing up for the 2022 Masters was the idea that he could actually contend at Augusta National.

“I know where to hit it to a lot of these pins, and I miss in the correct spots and give myself good angles,” he said. So to have the patrons fully out and to have that type of energy out there was awesome to feel.” He had a sloppy warmup session, mixing a combination of chunks, pulls and chunk-pulls in with his usual mastery of the golf swing. He holed a difficult par putt at 9, and another short tester at 10, and another at 11. At No. 7 he found trouble but punched from the trees back into the fairway, short of the greenside bunkers, and trusted his short game to save par. His tee shot made it less than 200 yards but settled in a reasonable position, just short and left of the fairway. At last the fairway cleared and Woods stepped up to his ball. Woods hadn’t played a competitive stroke-play round since November 2020, after all, and he hadn’t played in front of a full crowd in more than two years. He knows when he should speak up and when it’s fine to let the silence hang. He hit a terrific two shots to hit No. 13 in two, setting up another birdie. He paced off several steps to a sprinkler head at the front of the tee box and cross-referenced with his yardage book, gathering the exact distance to the bunker on the left. Woods knows the yardage to the bunker.

The GOLF staff discusses what they learned from Tiger Woods during the first round of the Masters, his first tournament since his car crash.

Josh Berhow, managing editor ( @Josh_Berhow): That if his body stays remotely healthy, he can compete at this course for years. He knows where to hit it, he knows where not to hit it. Luke Kerr-Dineen, Game Improvement Editor ( @lukekerrdineen): That Tiger’s various physical limitations have sharpened the mind of one of golf’s greatest-ever strategists. Those scrambling pars on 1 and 18 were emblematic bookends to the day. A worse player — and there are many in this field — would have cracked on a couple of those. The Masters began Thursday, and with it, Tiger Woods returned.

Tiger Woods's return has fixated golf fans around the globe — and that's just fine with early leaders Sungjae Im and Cameron Smith.

He got it together again, of course, and he won in Las Vegas this tour season, and now he has a distinction that further flatters the great golfing countries of Asia. One year after Hideki Matsuyama won a first major title for Japan, Im became the first South Korean player to lead a Masters round. Sometimes I have to watch myself around here because, for instance, on 15 today, I had an opportunity to hit a really cool shot that seemed like a lot of fun. The Other 89 certainly didn’t seem to mind being the Other 89 on a Masters day you might fairly call idyllic. That left one of those curious situations when a threesome becomes a twosome, and the twosome has to cope with finishing shots rapidly and standing around waiting, and in one of life’s nuances, standing around can end up more tiring than moving. “I feel like today was a very long day, given that Bryson [DeChambeau] and I were just playing by ourselves, lots of waiting,” Smith said. “Lots of mental energy I think was exhausted today, so just a good rest would be nice.”

The Korean leads a Major championship for the first time after a fine five-under 67. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

There's a long way to go and a lot of shots to be played." "I am as sore as I expected to feel," said Woods. "Like I was telling the team all week, come game time, it will be a different deal... It requires good shots overall from tee to green and to put shot into spots where I have a chance to attack the green is important, so I think it fits my game," he said. I have my utmost respect for him (Hideki). I've watched him play since I was a kid, and hopefully good things will happen." "Still have three more days to play, and I think with the rain passing, the greens are going to get firmer, the fairways are going to get firmer, so I just have to be prepared to do the same thing I did today," said Im, who hit 12 fairways and 13 greens in regulation. "I drove it well at most of the holes and it gave me opportunities to have better second shots.

Of all the 6576 shots that were officially struck at Augusta National on Day 1 of the Masters, only one truly mattered.

On Wednesday, Woods — who said the previous day that he intended to play — went through his final practice round and decided there was no need to back out. He kept spraying tee shots off to the left. The word “roar” might get overused at Augusta National, but that’s what the sound from those patrons sure seemed like. Sungjae Im was the first round leader, shooting a 5-under 67. It’s going to get harder. With his opening tee shot at 11:04 a.m. Thursday, the Masters was truly back to normal. Yet Woods answered the bell and then some Thursday, probably surprising some by playing at all, surprising even more by looking like someone who could contend. Woods was there as well, after being unable to attend last year while recovering from his injuries. He is the best competitor I’ve ever witnessed.” It wasn’t down the center of the fairway. They watched a man who could have lost a leg — or his life — in a car crash 15 months ago return to the spot of his past glory, and albeit moving perhaps a bit more slowly than he used to, chase glory again. It didn’t go in the hole.

Tiger Woods is back. Walking with the slightest hint of a limp after a devastating car wreck that could've cost him his right leg, Woods sent the Masters ...

After five straight pars, Woods delivered a vintage tee shot at the par-3 sixth. Woods had a sloppy bogey at No. 8, but he bounced back with a birdie at the 13th that put him solidly in contention as he approaches the end of his round. Walking with the slightest hint of a limp after a devastating car wreck that could've cost him his right leg, Woods sent the Masters patrons into an uproar with his solid play in the opening round.

In many ways, McIlroy has proved to be nothing like the guy he was supposed to succeed. That's what makes him interesting.

Now he’s taking the opposite tack: He says he has committed to hitting more irons and fairway woods off the tee, throttling back to prioritize accuracy, like Tiger did at Hoylake in ’06. He has tried to convince himself, and us, that he is O.K. with his golf life, and it clearly hasn’t worked for either party. In two years he went from wondering whether he would ever tee it up again to winning the Masters. About a year ago he was asking doctors whether his leg might need to be amputated. The most interesting thing about McIlroy right now is the extent to which he isn’t Tiger. Despite all the similarities—the big drives and the early successes and the working-class childhood—he’s ended up in the one place Tiger never was: competitive purgatory. His driver started spraying, he found himself in the desert, in the bushes, in the water. He’s known to be generous with his time, openly confronting everything from geopolitics to the ins and outs of his game. Rory is not a big man; he’s listed at 5'9". But when he has the big stick in his hands there is a whiff of the supernatural in the air. At the Masters, he was most recently in serious contention in 2018, when he was in the final group on Sunday, three strokes behind Patrick Reed. But he never really made a run, wilting to fifth with a 74. He hasn’t gone through any meaningful slumps, like the one that saw Speith plummet to No. 92 or the one that dropped Fowler out of the top 100 and may keep him there the rest of his life. About our attempts to take the Jordanesque model that Tiger refined and square it with the trajectory of The Next Tiger’s real-life career. At the Masters the next year, McIlroy shot a blazing 65 in the first round, and entering that Sunday he was four shots clear of the field. He didn’t feel the way he thought he would feel.

2022 Masters Second Round: Tiger Woods Tees Off at 1:41 P.M. · Tiger Woods, the finest golfer of our time, has officially returned to competition, and to the ...

On Thursday, at the par-3 sixth, Woods drilled his tee shot to three feet away, and his birdie took him to within a stroke of the early lead. That’s just the way it is, but I’m able to do it.” He expected to ice himself overnight, he said. The biggest question is whether the long walk — five and a half hours on his feet — will have aggravated his leg injury. But on Friday, he has to do it again. “It’s going to be difficult for the rest of my life. Some fine putting bailed him out, but improvement in both those areas would be welcome.

The five-time champion is in the mix after the first round of a Masters tournament in which few thought he could even play, much less be in contention.

There was that edge to that answer, the edge that provided the reason to show up here. He didn’t even have to be in view for that to be the case. Afterward, Woods emerged from the clubhouse to address a gaggle of reporters. It ended up at the back of the green. He used his mind to recover from near-jail situations at the seventh and the 18th — pars from the pinestraw that combined creativity with calculus. But he also delivered the golf. There are no limits to what can be cheered when it comes to Woods at Augusta. There’s the normal stuff, as when he stuck his tee shot at the par-3 sixth to two feet. He shot a 74. Which describes the Masters when he’s a factor: fantastic. When Woods was asked whether there was victory merely in doing what he did Thursday — shooting a steady, 1-under par 71 on a rebuilt right leg that now houses enough hardware to fill an aisle at Home Depot — his answer was swift: “Yes.” They’ve seen the pictures, and they’ve come over the house. The first version Woods has played before, and at 46, he’s here for it again, with the requisite juices flowing.

Less than 14 months after a life-threatening car crash, Woods delivered an electric return to Augusta National with a 1-under par 71.

- Opinion: When Russia Loses the U.N. . . . You may cancel your subscription at anytime by calling Customer Service. AUGUSTA, Ga.—Fans here were packed so densely and far back alongside the first tee box that many had no hope of actually seeing the guy in the hot pink shirt swinging a club.

Tiger Woods enters the second round Friday in the mix at the Masters. We track every step at Augusta National.

He produced a drama-free two-putt to get off the bogey train for the moment. A solid tee shot, well-positioned layup and textbook up-and-down led to his first birdie of the day. Two well-struck shots gave Woods a look at his first makeable birdie putt of the day. Things haven't gotten better for Woods. He made a mess of the fifth hole for a third consecutive bogey and fourth in five holes to start the round. Another missed drive - this one way, way right - forced a pitch out and ended with a missed 10-footer. A rough start, especially with the four-hole stretch that begins at the par-3 fourth. This time a 7-footer for par slid by on the low side. He has not taken advantage of the par 5s so far at this Masters. The wind is up. His approach missed the green, forcing an early test of the short game that struggled he struggled with on Thursday. He failed to convert and opened his round with a bogey for the 23rd time. The sun is out. He could make a charge, move to the middle of the pack or be in a fight to make the cut.

Tiger Woods struggled at the beginning of his second round at the Masters on Friday following an excellent return to competitive golf.

Following a car crash in February 2021 in which he sustained serious leg injuries, he has only appeared in public on a golf course just once -- at the PNC Championship in December with his son Charlie. Then Woods used a golf cart to help him get around the course. And his slow start to the second round continued over the next two holes, rescuing a par on the par-five second hole before missing a short putt on the third hole for his second bogey in three holes, putting him at one-over par. And with a large crowd watching on and anticipation in the air, the 15-time major winner stepped up and blasted his ball down the first hole, only for it to find the bunker on the right of the fairway.

Tiger Woods, playing in his first major tournament since being injured in a car wreck 14 months ago, looks to build upon his promising start at the Masters.

He is tied for 28th place at two over par in the tournament. Whether this blustery nine holes coming on the heels of his first competitive round in 14 months had taken a toll, only Tiger knew. Tiger’s second shot on the par-4 ninth hole was alarming.

He had made another Masters Tournament. He had navigated the thicket of spectators. Now, as the 23-year-old Chilean stood at Augusta National Golf Club's first ...

But Couples said there is a benefit of playing with Woods and Thomas, all of the theatrics and distractions aside. Practice rounds are, of course, less pressurized, and Couples, who has long been close to Woods and is now in the twilight of his career, signaled that he sometimes plays the court jester. “Then we laugh until we get to a ball.” “He’s actually one of the easiest guys to play with over the years,” he said. “It’s very difficult if you’re the group ahead of him,” he said. “It’s very, very difficult because the crowds are watching him and they’re moving on to see him. “He’s a very simple guy to play with. Woods, who earned the first of his Masters green jackets 25 years ago, has long commanded one of the largest Augusta galleries, with some other champions certain that a “Tiger roar” through the pines simply sounds different than cheering for other players. On Thursday, the spectators began to amass around the first tee box long before Woods emerged from the clubhouse to start his tournament. “There’s a lot of movement out there.” He gets that here all the time.” And so the chaos, or whatever counts for chaos on a golf course, can make Fred Couples — a Masters champion, once the world’s top-rated golfer and a hero to baby boomer duffers — look more like an afterthought than a leading man.

Windier conditions are greeting the players at Augusta National for the second round; low 50 and ties will qualify for the weekend.

His chip made it up to the shelf past the hole, but he missed the 6-foot par putt. His drive ended up in the woods on the right — the fourth time in five holes his tee shot went right of its target — and he could only pitch out back to the fairway. He pitched onto the green but three-putted for the double. He had a wry laugh and look at the sky. His tee shot on the 176-yard hole landed short and right of the green, with a back-right hole location. His highlights on Friday included a perfect play to the par-3 16th. He remains at 3 over for the tournament. At the 450-yard par-4 seventh, Woods unleashed a mighty 330-yard drive to set up a wedge approach, which he hit to about 18 feet. He parred all nine holes on the second nine. Spieth also made a triple on the 12th hole, where he hit two balls in the water. A deft chip to under 2 feet set up the birdie. He's back to 1 over for the tournament.

Tiger Woods says the hard part about playing in Augusta isn't the golf — it will be walking the course. The crowds are cheering again for Woods, ...

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The Sporting News is tracking Tiger Woods' score and highlights from the second round of the 2022 Masters. Follow along for coverage of his afternoon at ...

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The five-time Masters champion drew massive attention again from the patrons.

His pitch across the green ran about eight feet past and unlike Thursday he missed the par putt, with the bogey dropping him to even par for the tournament. Hundreds of patrons greeted him as he arrived for his 1:41 p.m. starting time, wearing a navy sweater and a sea green shirt underneath, along with slacks a shade lighter than the sweater. Woods had just one playing partner on Friday, as Louis Oosthuizen withdrew two hours before the starting time with an injury.

Tiger Woods didn't look perfect during his first round at the Masters, but he sure looked a long way removed from crutches.

If he did, it would be the most incredible story in sports, at a time when there are many incredible stories swirling around. It’s hard to believe, Woods is actually the same age as Jack Nicklaus — the only man with more major championships than Tiger, 18-15 — when Nicklaus last won the Masters, in 1986. Like a lot of people, I assumed the chatter that Tiger might play was an extended bit of publicity, a way for the only golfer most Americans know or care about to shine a spotlight on his flailing sport at its biggest event.

The improbable return of golf's greatest to Augusta is just the latest triumph in a 26-year professional journey that made him the world's highest-earning ...

I’m a reporter focused on storytelling across all aspects of culture. Last year, he ranked 12th on Forbes’ list of the world’s highest-paid athletes while hardly ever teeing up a ball. He has earned more prize money—$121 million—than any other professional golfer in history, but tournament winnings account for less than 10% of his overall take. It wasn’t until December, when Woods played in the PNC Championship exhibition tournament with his 12-year-old son Charlie, that fans began believing in Woods’ ability to return to pro golf. Of course, Woods’ legacy is secure regardless of whether he ever picks up a golf club again. Now given the conditions that my leg is in, it gets even more difficult.

After thrilling the patrons at Augusta National with an opening-round, 1-under 71 at the Masters, Tiger Woods sets his sights on moving up the leaderboard ...

Hole 2 (par 5, 575 yards): For the third consecutive full swing, Woods missed his target to the right, his tee shot on the dogleg-left, par-5 second hole over-cutting a touch and bouncing into the right fairway bunker. Hole 3 (par 4, 350 yards): Woods took iron off the tee, producing a controlled cut that safely settled in the right side of the fairway. On his bump-and-run pitch from 30 yards, the ball tracked to within 15 feet of the hole before catching a ridge and drifting back toward the front of the green, ultimately leaving him with 30 feet for par. Hole 4 (par 3, 240 yards): With the tee moved up Friday, the par-3 played to just 176 yards in the second round, but Woods was not able to take advantage with a short iron. Hole 5 (par 4, 495 yards): Woods continued to demonstrate discomfort off the tee, playing a balloon fade that traveled 280 yards and settled in the right tree line, leaving 235 yards to the hole. He tapped in for his fourth bogey in five holes, moving onto the current projected cut line at 3-over total. He indeed played aggressively on his second shot with a fairway wood, standing in the rough but playing from the fairway, the ball releasing to a front-right greenside position, just 20 yards from the hole. Hole 6 (par 3, 180 yards): Suddenly fighting the cut line, Woods produced a controlled, lower ball flight on a line toward the center of the green. Hole 7 (par 4, 450 yards): Woods took driver off the tee and delivered perhaps his best swing of the day, a 330-yard bullet down the center of the fairway. He settled for his first par of the back nine. He played a delicate chip that landed in the fringe and ran out onto the green, but he couldn't get it to stop; the ball slowly trundled onto the front fringe, 20 feet from the hole. He tapped in for his second straight par, remaining three strokes inside the projected cut line with two holes to play.

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Like a prized fighter, Tiger Woods took some licks early on during his second round at the 86th Masters.

He put some more color on his scorecard with a stretch of birdie-bogey-bogey-birdie-birdie en route to a 2-over 74 to walk off the course at 1 over for the tournament. Woods then stopped the bleeding with a pair of pars before his first birdie of the day on No. 8 to ultimately make the turn at 3 over on the day and 2 over for the tournament. The 15-time major champion and five-time winner of the green jacket made bogey on four of his first five holes on Friday, his worst start ever at Augusta National Golf Club.

Tiger Woods overcame a nightmare start to his second round to make the cut while Scottie Scheffler shot a 67 to lead by five shots at halfway.

The Texan was in contention at one over par when taking to the 12th tee, with chaos to follow. For Stewart Cink, there was a marquee moment at the 16th. Work was required to save par at the penultimate hole after a tame first putt but Woods saved a par four at the last. He delivered the first hole in one of the tournament, a moment extra special for Cink given his son is on caddie duties. Scheffler, the world No 1, reached six under par and minus three for the day thanks to a birdie at the 13th that was out of context with the struggles of so many others. He is widely regarded as the best in the business on that front. A back nine of 33 had the man from Offaly justifiably smiling. After his round, Scheffler told US TV the secret to his success had been “managing my way around the course … when I’ve got out of position, I’ve done a good job getting the ball back in play.” The 25-year-old appeared relaxed at the prospect of being the player to beat this weekend. Woods was irked at not making a birdie on the par-five 15th and spurned a chance after a glorious iron into the par-three 16th. At the 10th, a hole that causes palpitations to most, Woods played one of the approach shots of the tournament to set up a birdie. What happened next supplied proof, if that was really needed, that the most unwise thing in sport would be to write off Woods. There was the straightforward birdie at the 8th. Woods’s celebrated period at Augusta National had never included the playing of holes 1 to 5 in four over par.

Tiger Woods says the hard part about playing in Augusta isn't the golf — it will be walking the course. The crowds are cheering again for Woods, ...

"I love competing, and I feel like if I can still compete at the highest level, I'm going to, and if I feel like I can still win, I'm going to play," Woods said. Woods crashed an SUV and hit a tree in February 2021, in a violent high-speed accident that sent his vehicle into the air, landing on its side. I did that all day, and I was able to make a few putts and end up in the red like I am now." Woods has said his adrenaline kicks in when he hit the course — and he predicted he'll be sore after putting his surgically repaired right leg to a new test. Woods last won the Masters in 2019, at age 43, claiming his fifth green jacket. The tournament is also being aired on CBS and ESPN.

Tiger Woods is healthy enough to get around Augusta, and to know that his Friday 74 at the Masters could have been a bit better.

“It was windy,” he said. It was partly the conditions and partly me.” I haven't played a lot of tournaments of late, so it's been a little bit rusty, but I'm starting to come around.” “It was swirling. He caught a few good breaks, too. Now he has added leg injuries so profound that Nike has not been able to make shoes supportive enough for him. He began the week as a medical marvel; now he is just another golfer, stewing about a few missed shots. It's going to be tough all day, so let's get it back to even par for the day somehow,” he said, then added wistfully, “If I [could] just stay at even par for the day, I thought that would have been a pretty good comeback. “I don't have to think so much about what I need to do,” he said. AUGUSTA, Ga. — Fourteen months ago, Tiger Woods crashed the Genesis SUV he was driving so badly that he nearly lost his right leg. It was a ridiculous suggestion. Xander Schauffele (No. 10 in the world; finished 7 over par) missed the cut.