Tiger Woods Gives Update On If He’s Ready to Play the Masters

Tiger is back baby!

Tiger Woods announced this morning that he expects to tee it up at Augusta on Thursday in what would be his first official event since suffering severe damage to his legs in a horrific car accident in Feb. 2021.

“As of right now, I feel like i am going to play,” Woods said.

Woods flew into Augusta last week and played a full practice round to see if his his body could handle the grind.

Tiger then came back Sunday to further his preparation for his first official event since the 2020 Masters.

“I’ve worked hard to get to this point to test it out and see if I can do this,” Woods said.

Tiger Woods on his status for the Masters: "As of right now, I feel like I am going to play." pic.twitter.com/srUztCj16i

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Woods also was seen at the driving range and practicing around the greens before meeting with the media.

“He looked phenomenal,” said Fred Couples, who played with Woods and Justin Thomas on Monday.

Tiger maintained that he would be unwilling to return until he felt he could compete against the top players in the sport. So it sounds like he’s ready to roll.

On Sunday, he tweeted it would be a “game-time decision” as to whether he would play.

Let’s hope he doesn’t have any setbacks.

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