Tiger Woods

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The Masters: Tiger Woods 'here to win' if he makes remarkable ... (Sky Sports)

Rich Beem looks at just how likely a remarkable return to golf for Tiger Woods is this week and assesses both his and Rory McIlroy's chances of emerging ...

[Can Hideki Matsuyama challenge?] It depends on the extent of the injury. I believe he has learnt from those comments. Having Tiger here, could help him a little in terms of distracting the media but, saying that, Rory knows what is at stake. And if there is anybody that can navigate this golf course by not having their 'A' game but by just being so strong mentally, it definitely would be Tiger. I think the only expectation Rory McIlroy feels is from himself. Why not this year?

'Destined to be great': 25 years on from Tiger Woods' maiden ... (The Guardian)

Paul Stankowski, a PGA Tour winner, was able to get a close look at the emerging Tiger Woods as he took the golf world by storm in the 1997 Masters.

“I do know my goal is to be the best. I figured the sky was the limit, I was still getting better. “I was on a really good run,” he says. He entered the property on a mission.” “I was asked by the media on Saturday afternoon: ‘Is it over?’” Stankowski adds. If Tiger wasn’t there that week, it would have been a lot more exciting for the rest of the field.” By the time he added a 69 to earlier rounds of 70, 66 and 65, a world far beyond golf was paying attention. “He left us all in the dust.” Woods cited nervousness for his initial struggles. He was the first round leader, having posted a 68, until John Huston holed his second shot to the 18th from the middle of the 10th. He was never to play in the Masters, which is held in Georgia, again. Tiger was destined to win and destined to be great. iger Woods’s domination of the 1997 Masters was such that only the tournament within the tournament behind him was competitive.

Tiger Woods practises at Augusta National for second day running ... (Barry and District News)

Woods has not played in a top-level event since being involved in a horrific car crash in February 2021.

There is a lot of ups and downs and it’s a real test. “He’s a great asset, he’s a unique player, he has overcome tough situations and hopefully he will do so this time. “Not just for us and the crowds, but for him. (He has) a very strong mindset, a special one. Tiger Woods drew massive crowds as he practised at Augusta National for the second day running to intensify his preparations for the 86th Masters. Tiger Woods drew massive crowds as he practised at Augusta National for the second day running to intensify his preparations for the 86th Masters.

Woods' Augusta return 'stuff of sporting legend' (BBC Sport)

Just by generating hope that he will tee it up at the Masters this Thursday, Tiger Woods has sent a massive bolt of energy through the game of golf, ...

Before that Woods was the last number one to win, when he successfully defended 20 years ago to pick up his third title. The upper echelons of the leaderboard are unlikely to feature his name this time but that will not matter. Every week there are a handful of names who can go to number one if results fall for them. It is surely asking too much for him to challenge, even with his ultra competitive psyche. Now we must add to the mix the multiple metal rods and pins that hold together his right leg. It stokes interest in an already eagerly anticipated major because, as it stands, Woods is among the field of 91.

Fred Couples Says Tiger Woods 'Will Contend' This Week After ... (Sports Illustrated)

Couples, the 1992 Masters champion, played with Tiger Woods for nine holes on Monday and came away impressed.

He's hitting it far enough to play the holes the way you need to play them. “It was cool to see. It's brutal to walk, and to go through what he's gone through, whatever it is, 14 months ago, to be playing today? “If you want to talk golf, he was bombing it. Woods was cheered on nearly every tee, and hit plenty of good shots, including reaching the par-5 8th in two. After arriving early afternoon Monday, Woods practiced for an hour before heading to the first tee.

From the sublime to the ridiculous: Tiger Woods' Masters moments (Irvine Times)

Here, the PA news agency looks at five of the 15-time major winner's memorable – and not so memorable – moments at Augusta National. Emotional victory in 2019 ...

His approach to the 15th hole in round two hit the pin and bounced back into the water and, after opting not to play from the drop zone, Woods chose to play from the same place as his original shot. After hitting his initial tee shot into Rae’s Creek, Woods took a penalty drop before hitting his next shot into the hazard, then another penalty drop before overcompensating and firing his fifth shot over the green into a bunker. With the collar of rough closely behind his ball Woods was faced with a difficult shot – television co-commentator Lanny Wadkins called it “one of the toughest pitches on the entire place here” – away from the pin, but judged it perfectly and watched as his ball rolled inexorably towards the hole.