AUGUSTA, Georgia, USA (AP) — It is difficult to define Tiger Woods’ performance in the last Masters. On the one hand, he said goodbye with a score of 304 goals and 16 over par, his highest total after 72 holes in three decades. Woods’ previous high was a 302 at Memorial in 2015. Only one other time has he topped 300, and that was two years ago at the Masters when he had two rounds of 78-78 over the weekend to finish with a 301.
But on the other hand, the 48-year-old veteran player, who after his car accident in February 2021 announced that he would not compete regularly on the golf circuit, played his first full tournament since February of last year. In addition, he broke a record by making the cut at the Masters for the 24th consecutive time.
What was Tiger Woods’ result in the Augusta Masters?
Woods called this “a good week” and said he will begin his preparation for the other three majors: the PGA Championship in May, the US Open in June and the British Open in July. “This is a golf course I knew about before, so I’m going to do my homework later on Pinehurst, Valhalla and Troon,” Tiger indicated when naming the courts where the next three majors will be played.
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Regarding his level of play, he said that “Coming in without having played a full tournament in a long time, it was a good fight on Thursday and Friday. “Unfortunately (Saturday) didn’t turn out the way I wanted.”
Tiger played well first two days one over par and with some shots that recalled the best moments of his career. But the third round was the worst of his career at Augusta with 82 strokes (10 over par) and on Sunday he added another five strokes over par on the course.
What does not change is the fans’ interest in following him on the field. Attendees milled about the man who brought golf to unprecedented popularity and on his last hole he received a standing ovation. Wearing his traditional Sunday red, Woods raised his cap toward the fans.
How much longer will Tiger Woods continue playing?
In golf, there is virtually no age limit. In the Masters and the PGA Championship, the winners are guests for life and in the British Open, former champions automatically qualify until they are 60 years old. Without going any further, Jack Nicklaus, the greatest golfer in history with 18 majors, played for the last time in the Augusta tournament at the age of 65.
Tiger Woods is 48 years old and, in theory, he could easily continue playing the major tournaments of this sport for another decade. The problem is that he is still dealing with the after-effects of his numerous surgeries. (knee, back and ankle) and that have impacted your body.
At Augusta National, even during his two good rounds on Thursday and Friday, the expression on his face because of the discomfort was visible and those complications may well be the reason for his dismal round on Saturday.
The next challenge for Tiger is the PGA Championship, the second major of the season that this year will be held at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, where Woods won this tournament in 2000. It will be a good scenario to know if the most popular golfer in the world can endure, at the height of his career, and with a better result than in the Masters, the toughness of four rounds. Otherwise, the debate over an eventual withdrawal will become inevitable.
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It seemed like it was going to be a more entertaining definition, but Ludvig Aberg, Max Homa y Collin Morikawa, Their rivals after the first nine flags, did not survive “Amen Corner”, the famous holes 11, 12 and 13 of the Augusta National Golf Club.
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