The possibility of Tiger Woods playing at the Masters has been discussed by the golfer. (0:31)
Tiger Woods says it will be a game-time decision on whether he plays in the Masters.
Woods wrote on his website that he would be returning to Augusta National to continue his preparation and practice.
I will be heading up to Augusta today to continue my preparation and practice. It will be a game-time decision on whether I compete. Congratulations to 16-year-old Anna Davis on an amazing win at the @anwagolf and good luck to all the kids in the @DriveChipPutt.
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) April 3, 2022
Anna Davis, the teenager who won the Augusta National Women's Amateur on Saturday, was thanked by Woods.
The five-time Masters champion hasn't played in more than a year after he was seriously injured in a car wreck outside Los Angeles, which nearly resulted in doctors amputating his right leg. The final round of the Masters was played in November of 2020 because of the coronaviruses.
On the 25th anniversary of his first Masters victory, Tiger Woods will return to competitive golf.
It would be the second time that Woods has returned to professional golf at Augusta National. Woods won the Masters for his first major championship in 11 years after a number of knee and back surgeries.
Jack Nicklaus won the green jacket six times between 1963 and 1986 and Woods five Masters victories are second most in history. Woods has 15 major championships, which is second to the 18 of Nicklaus.
The Valero Texas Open's winner told reporters in San Antonio earlier this week that having Tiger at the Masters would be great. Obviously, it does. Whenever Tiger Woods is there, anything he does in the game of golf is heightened. It would be great for him to be there.
Tiger Woods and his son, Charlie, and a friend of theirs played a practice round at Augusta National on Tuesday.
Augusta National is considered to be one of the most difficult walks in professional golf because of its length, hills and slopes. According to a source, Woods really, really wants to play in the Masters.
For more than a year, Woods has been working on regaining strength in his legs. He was seriously injured in a wreck. The SUV that he was driving crossed through two oncoming lanes, struck a curb and upended a tree on a downhill stretch in Rolling Hills Estates, just outside Los Angeles. He was wearing a seatbelt, and officers found him sitting in the SUV.
He was taken to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center by ambulance with broken bones in his legs. He told reporters at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas that doctors almost had to amputate his leg.
Woods said during a news conference that his right leg does not look like his left leg.
Less than two months ago, Woods said he was frustrated by the pace of his recovery.
Woods said he wanted to know when he was playing again. My golfing activity has been limited. I can chip and putt well and hit short irons, but I haven't done much long-term. I am still working.
I am still working on the walking part. The walking part is something that I am still working on, since my foot was messed up a year ago. It takes time. It is not at my timetable. I would like to be at a certain place, but I am not. I have to keep working. I am getting better. Not at the speed and rate that I would like. The age factor is added as well. It is frustrating that you don't heal as fast.
During the February news conference, Woods said he had been focusing on chipping, putting and hitting short irons but hadn't been able to do too much with a driver because his right leg wasn't strong enough.
A video of Woods at a golf club in Florida was deleted a week ago.
Woods has played with pain before. In the 2008 U.S. Open, he won his 14th major championship title by defeating Rocco Mediate in sudden death. Woods revealed that he had played the entire week with stress injuries to his legs and a torn knee. He had suffered injuries after rushing back from knee surgery.
He had knee surgery a week after the U.S. Open and missed the rest of the season.
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