Tiger Woods hasn’t yet made his final Masters decision.
Tiger Woods remains to be weighing whether or not to aim one of the vital outstanding comebacks in sports activities historical past.
Lower than 14 months faraway from a catastrophic February 2021 wreck that just about value him his leg, Woods continues to think about whether or not to play the Masters this week. Woods frolicked final week walking the steep hills of Augusta National, and carried out nicely sufficient to warrant conserving the door open.
“I will probably be heading as much as Augusta at present to proceed my preparation and apply. Will probably be a game-time determination on whether or not I compete,” Woods tweeted Sunday morning, whereas additionally congratulating Anna Davis, winner of the Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Newbie.
Woods is just not conserving any participant out of the Masters by not making his determination. The Masters is invitation-only, which means that no participant is ready as an alternate for Woods to make his determination.
Since 1997, Woods has gained 5 inexperienced jackets at Augusta, most not too long ago in 2019. He performed within the Masters yearly from 1995 to 2013, however then missed three of the following 4 Masters attributable to accidents.
Woods has not performed in a PGA Tour occasion because the 2020 Masters, delayed by COVID to November of that yr. In February, Woods was in Los Angeles driving to a movie manufacturing when his automobile left the highway at a decent activate a residential avenue. Woods’ SUV flipped and got here to relaxation the wrong way up. Woods was extracted by first responders and despatched to a close-by hospital. Months of therapy ensued, with Woods offering solely sporadic updates.
Lastly, in December, Woods returned to the golf course, taking part in alongside son Charlie in a standard parent-child occasion. Woods used a cart all through that occasion, declining to hit a number of pictures and strolling gingerly the longer the rounds went on.
Woods has returned from circumstances that might have ended different careers earlier than. His unlikely Masters victory in 2019 was the end result of 11 years of labor, rehabilitation of each his physique and his picture following an array of surgical procedures and private scandal. He is indicated that he does not anticipate to ever play a full Tour schedule once more, however may proceed in a sequence of occasional appearances.
Augusta Nationwide might be the primary of these.
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Jay Busbee is a author for Yahoo Sports activities. Observe him on Twitter at @jaybusbee or contact him at jay.busbee@yahoo.com.
