Tiger heads for Masters
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TIGER Woods ended all that speculation about his game by letting everyone see for themselves.
He said on Friday he will play this week at the Masters.
Golf’s biggest attraction and four-time Masters champion played two practice rounds at Augusta National in Georgia this week before a simple announcement on his website that he would end his two-month leave on the sport’s biggest stage.
“I’m playing in the Masters,” Woods said on his website. “It’s obviously very important to me, and I want to be there. I’ve worked a lot on my game, and I’m looking forward to competing. I’m excited to get to Augusta, and I appreciate everyone’s support.”
Woods was last seen at a tournament on February 5 at Torrey Pines. He hit a sand wedge some 30 yards over the green, duffed a chip coming back, bladed the next one too hard and made double bogey. One tee shot later, he withdrew because of tightness in his lower back, saying that his “glutes didn’t activate” after a delay in cool, foggy weather.
Of far greater concern was the state of his game.
Woods has played two tournaments this year and completed just 47 holes. His short game was shockingly bad at the Phoenix Open, where he shot a career-worst 82 and missed the cut by nine shots. And he didn’t get out of the first round at Torrey Pines.
A week later, the 39-year-old said his game and his scores were unacceptable. “I enter a tournament to compete at the highest level, and when I think I’m ready, I’ll be back.”
Those are words by which he will be judged next week at the Masters.
He will have gone nine weeks without competition when he hits his opening tee shot on Thursday.
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