He's Back! Tiger Woods Announces That He'll Play The Masters
Tiger Woods ended a week of speculation and debate over the state of his game Friday by announcing he will play next week in the Masters.
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Tiger Woods ended a week of speculation and debate over the state of his game Friday by announcing he will play next week in the Masters.
Woods has not played since he withdrew at Torrey Pines on Feb. 5. A week later, he said he would return to competition when he had the game for it.
Will Tiger Woods' big return come at the Masters? Right now it's anybody's guess. But a big hint could be sitting on a tarmac in Augusta.
Woods, who hasn't played since he withdrew from the Farmers Insurance Open on Feb. 6, falls to No. 104 this week.
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Tiger Woods said Wednesday his game is "not acceptable" to compete in tournaments and he will return when he thinks it is.
The new world golf rankings came out on Monday and Tiger Woods finds himself at No. 62, his lowest spot since he was No. 75 on Oct. 5, 1996, just a few weeks after he turned professional as a 20-year-old.
The great ones ignore their critics and let their talent do the talking. Woods has done this many times, and he has to rally and do it once again if he is to get the last laugh.
Before putting on the 12th hole — the par-3 third on the North Course at Torrey Pines — Woods had caddie Joe LaCava pick up the ball. He was 2 over through 11 holes.
This week Tiger is back at Torrey Pines, where he has won eight times. But he'll start Thursday's first round ranked 56th in the world.
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One day after U.S. captain Tom Watson said he trusted the injured star to give him the "straight skinny," Woods said he called the 64-year-old captain to say he would not be available.
U.S. captain Tom Watson made it sound as if he were leaning more on Woods' past than the current state of his game, not to mention his health.
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