The simple fact that he is there is already an achievement, but with the Tiger, there is always the hope of seeing a little more. It won’t be this year yet. Still bothered by the after-effects of his right ankle operation suffered last year and nagging pain since his serious car accident in February 2021, Tiger Woods is only a shadow of himself at the Masters of Augusta.
After making the cut the day before for the 24th consecutive time (a record, nonetheless), the 48-year-old American achieved his worst career score in a Major on Saturday, returning a card of 82, or ten shots over par.
“I wasn’t hitting very well and my putting wasn’t very good,” analyzed the Tiger. I didn’t have a very good warm-up session and I continued that way all day. » Result, eight bogeys (one shot over par on one hole) and two double bogeys, which are a mark for the golf legend. “I missed a lot of putts. Easy, achievable putts. I missed a lot,” he regretted, having participated in his first Major in a year.
Five-time winner of the Georgian Masters, winner of 15 Majors, Tiger Woods has not given up on the idea of returning to the highest level. Neither do his millions of fans around the world. But the passage of time, unfortunately, seems to push this crazy hope further and further away.