Tiger Woods

The starting times and groups for the 2022 Masters have been released. Tiger Woods will tee off at 10:34 am Thursday morning.

11:51 a.m. – Charl Schwartzel, Robert MacIntyre, Laird Shepard (a) 11:18 a.m. – Sandy Lyle, Stewart Hagestad (a) 12:35 p.m. – Bubba Watson, Tom Hoge, Keita Nakajima (a) 9:17 a.m. – Zach Johnson, Si Woo Kim, Aaron Jarvis (a) 11:40 a.m. – Bernhard Langer, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Cameron Davis 10:45 a.m. -- Hideki Matsuyama, Justin Thomas, James Piot (a) 11:29 a.m. – Lucas Glover, Erik Van Rooyen, Cameron Champ The Masters has released its groups for the first two rounds of the 2022 Masters. Anticipation builds on Tiger Woods' status. 8:11 a.m. – Mike Weir, Padraig Harrington, Austin Greaser (a) 9:06 a.m. – Stewart Cink, Brian Harman, Harry Higgs 8 a.m. – Jose Maria Olazabal, J. J. Spaun 8:55 a.m. – Min Woo Lee, Hudson Swafford, Cameron Young

Tiger Woods plans to compete in the 86th Masters this week, less than 14 months after suffering serious injuries in an horrific car crash in February 2021.

That’s going to be the challenge and it’s going to be a challenge of a major marathon.” We have worked hard to get to this point, to get this opportunity to walk the grounds, test it out and see if I can do this. “I think that the fact that I was able to get myself here to this point is a success. There will be a day when it won’t happen, and I’ll know when that is, but physically the challenge this week is I don’t have to worry about the ball striking or the game of golf, it’s actually just the hills out here. Pressed on what gave him motivation to deliver what is a fifth return from serious health issues, Woods said: “Well, I love competing, and I feel like if I can still compete at the highest level, I’m going to. If I feel like I can still win, I’m going to play.

Woods and McManus have been long time friends and it is the first public appearance of the pair together in quite some time.

“But as I said, it was a pretty cool result last weekend for JP and Limerick and my congrats to them.” Get the latest sports headlines straight to your inbox by signing up for free email alerts I thought it was pretty neat but not a sport I would want try (smiling). “I try to keep in contact with him as much as our time allows but that’s great news for JP and Limerick and I’m really pleased for him as JP just does so much for sport in Ireland. “I’m not sure when we’ll catch-up next but I do know I am looking forward to going back to Ireland in 2020 for his Pro-Am at Adare Manor as it’s been a long time since we played the Pro-Am. “It’s again right before The Open and I’ve always supported the event. “I see we’re heading to JPs Adare Manor as I knew guys like Rory (McIlroy) and Paddy (Padraig Harrington) were over there just after the Masters for a grand re-opening so it all sounds pretty exciting. Woods has not played competitive golf since the delayed Masters back in 2020 after he suffered a horror leg injury in a car accident but could be in line to tee it up on Thursday. And Woods got to reunite with his old pal McManus and Celtic owner Dermot Desmond who flew into the event. And with Woods likely to play at this year's Masters, he could deem himself fit to support the event. Tiger Woods caught up with old pals Dermot Desmond and JP McManusWant the day's sports headlines straight to your inbox?

Jon Rahm grew up idolizing Tiger Woods, so much that he's even sought him out for advice. Only it hasn't gone as planned.

Tiger describes him as something akin to a family member — like a big brother to Charlie and a little one to him — which has helped pave Thomas’s way into Tiger’s circle of trust. Rahm said he learned this lesson the hard way — twice. AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jon Rahm grew up idolizing Tiger Woods. He watched him win majors and dreamed of one day being him.

Woods, who has a track record of winning majors while injured or recovering, plans to start the tournament on Tuesday, playing for his sixth green jacket.

Walking at Augusta National will be the biggest hurdle for Woods — and recovery in the aftermath. I don't have any qualms about what I can do physically from a golf standpoint," he said. Woods doesn't play in a major championship without a thought of winning and he has a track record.

'I don't have any qualms about what I can do physically from a golf standpoint. It's now walking is the hard part'

4.40 Bernhard Langer (Germany), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (S Africa), Cameron Davis (Australia) 12.40 Gary Player (honorary starter), Jack Nicklaus (honorary starter), Tom Watson (honorary starter) We’ve had to put a lot of work . . . it’s great to be back.” And now, now. For Woods, the good thing about Augusta – even with the tweaks and changes, to the 11th especially – is that he can fall back on a memory bank of great memories. He’s chipping well. He’s hitting it well. Now, given the conditions that my leg is in, it gets even more difficult. It’s now walking is the hard part. Can he win? But here we are, Masters week,” said Woods, allowing a grin to break through. We’ve worked hard to get to this point, to get to this opportunity to walk the grounds, test it out, and see if I can do this.

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Don't get used to seeing this version of Tiger too often, Michael Rosenberg writes, but appreciate the journey required to get to Augusta National.

But let’s figure he will at least try to play next month’s PGA at Southern Hills and then the U.S. Open at Brookline, too. Then he talked about it a lot – partly because he had become more open with the media, and partly, one imagines, because he wanted people to know that only extreme injuries could knock out Tiger Woods. There is each and every day.” He might have misheard the question, but the answer was revealing. The comeback that culminated in his 2019 Masters victory was stunning, but when Woods showed up that week, he was much healthier than he is now, and he had been playing championship-level golf for more than a year. How can a Presidents or Ryder Cup captain trust his health enough to use a selection on him, especially with so many matches in a short time frame? Hearing him talk, it does not: "We've worked hard to get to this point, to get to this opportunity to walk the grounds, test it out, and see if I can do this." The ramifications of that are stark. Augusta National did him a solid with tee times so ideal, he might as well have chosen them himself: 10:34 a.m. Thursday, which is late enough that he should avoid the coldest, wettest part of the day, and then 1:41 p.m. Friday, which gives him plenty of time to recover. If he plays one more event this year, the best guess is that it will be at the British Open, because that’s at St. Andrews, a place steeped in both golf and Tiger history. Playing through the weekend would be a wild success. He carried a caveat into his press conference here Tuesday, saying he plans to play “as of right now,” but fully expects to play. When Woods mangled his leg in a horrific single-car accident in Southern California last February, he was recovering from his fifth microdiscectomy surgery, with no indication of when he might return.

Woods has not featured in a top-level event since playing at Augusta National in November 2020, with the former world No 1 unable to compete on the PGA Tour ...

Woods' success in 2019 came 11 years on from his previous major title as he signalled the end of an injury-plagued few years to register a one-shot victory. Woods was initially wheelchair-bound before slowly transitioning to crutches and then walking unaided. Woods fuelled speculation about a major return when he went for a practice round at Augusta last week, before returning to Georgia for more time on the course on Sunday, after which he said he would make "a game-time decision" on whether he would compete.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – As Tiger Woods faces a challenging walk this week around Augusta National, he won't be navigating the hills in Nike golf shoes.

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The American has won 82 official PGA Tour events during a stellar career which has rewarded him with the most career earnings of any golf player in history, ...

This was followed by another five-year deal, worth an estimated $100m (£76m), and an eight-year deal in 2006 believed to be worth $20-40m (£15-£30m) annually. Even after a drop off in tournament appearances in recent years, it is clear that the golfing legend is more than set for life. Woods' estimated $50m (£38m) salary is mainly contributed to by endorsements and sponsorship, with it being revealed that he earned $63m (£47m) between June 2019 and June 2020 from his various endeavours. The American has a PGA tour Pension plan which is worth at least $20m (£15m), while he also has his own Tiger Woods Foundation, to which he reportedly gave $12m (£9m) in 2012, to add to his long list of various incomes. Woods is sponsored by Nike and signed his first contract in 1996 which was reportedly worth $40m (£30m) over five years. With earnings of $2.1bn (£1.5bn), Woods is the highest earning golfer of all time and was the highest earning celebrity in the world for many years during the peak of his career in the 2000s, while he is the second highest earning athlete of all time, behind only Michael Jordan with $2.62bn (£1.99bn).

The former world number one has been out of PGA Tour action since a horrific car crash in February 2021 and has not played on tour since the 2020 Masters. His ...

I still have the hands to do it, the body is moving good enough. The 15-time major winner will tee off at 1034 local time (1534 Irish time) on Thursday and at 1341 local time (1841) on Friday. And Woods emphasised the fact that his intention to play, brings with it his intention to win and is not just playing a ceremonial role this week.

Tiger Woods revealed on Tuesday that he plans to compete in the 86th Masters this week. His return to one of golf's biggest stages comes less than 14 months ...

His approach to the 15th hole in round two hit the pin and bounced back into the water and, after opting not to play from the drop zone, Woods chose to play from the same place as his original shot. After hitting his initial tee shot into Rae’s Creek, Woods took a penalty drop before hitting his next shot into the hazard, then another penalty drop before overcompensating and firing his fifth shot over the green into a bunker. With the collar of rough closely behind his ball Woods was faced with a difficult shot – television co-commentator Lanny Wadkins called it “one of the toughest pitches on the entire place here” – away from the pin, but judged it perfectly and watched as his ball rolled inexorably towards the hole. Woods arrived at Augusta National in 2001 needing to win to complete the unprecedented feat of holding all four major titles at the same time following his victories in the US Open, Open Championship and US PGA in 2000. Faced with an awkward stance in the sand, Woods thinned his sixth shot back across the green into the water and eventually made it out with his eighth shot before two-putting from the fringe. It was the first time Woods had won a major after trailing heading into the final round and an incredible 3,954 days since he beat Rocco Mediate in a play-off for the 2008 US Open, despite a double stress fracture and knee injury which prompted season-ending surgery.

It has been a long road to recovery for Tiger Woods, much of in private. He did, however, give us a glimpse of his work to get back on the course in ...

There are a lot of muscle groups that are involved in walking down an incline so we shall see, but I think he can do it." You are trying to get the ankle to move, the knee to move, the hip to move again and then you start with strength and endurance and rehab and your body's awareness of space." You may remember he won the U.S. Open with a broken leg back in 2008. "Walking down those hills is going to be a challenge, and I think the most challenge for him is that and seeing how that is going to affect him in the later rounds. And then you are trying to do a lot of range of motion work. It has been a long road to recovery for Tiger Woods, much of in private.

The 15-times major champion Tiger Woods was given little chance of a comeback at the Masters after his car crash but has defied limits throughout his ...

He still does not really have all that much mobility and does not expect to ever again; and he is in pain “each and every day”. But here he is anyway. “It’s up to me to endure all the pain” and his medical team to help him manage the rehab. Woods once said that his win here in 2019 felt like his Everest and that, having climbed it once, he did not feel the need to do it again. No one, not even Woods himself, gave him a chance of doing it after the car crash last February, when he lost control of his SUV while he was doing double the speed limit on a stretch of mountain road outside Los Angeles. No one even thought he was going to make it here this year. And because he is Tiger Woods, who is going to say he can’t? Woods never really got a good answer out of Nicklaus but, according to his book Unprecedented, this is the way he has come to think about it: “He did what he needed to do to put himself in a position to win the Masters. He was not thinking about winning.

The 46-year-old, who competed in the PNC Championship with son Charlie in December, played a practice round at Augusta last week and nine holes on both Sunday ...

“I feel like I can still do it. I still have the hands to do it, the body is moving good enough. “As of right now I feel like I am going to play,” Woods said in his pre-tournament press conference.

The prestigious golf tournament tees off Thursday, with Tiger Woods announcing that he plans to participate for the first time since a serious car crash in ...

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Tiger Woods is expected to make his improbable return to action on Thursday at the 2022 Masters. Woods hasn't played a PGA Tour event in 17 months.

Now, Woods will look to pass Nicklaus on the shortlist of golfers aged 40 or older to win a green jacket. Woods is in second place all-time after his 2019 win, and even then, Nicklaus had nearly three years on him. Four of the 10 oldest major winners earned their victories on at the PGA Championship. As such, if Woods wins, he would be 19 days older than Nicklaus was when he won his last green jacket. Nicklaus was 46 years old when he won the last Masters of his career in 1986. Tiger Woods is 46 years old.

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"He is one that may shock a lot of people if he does tee it up this week. It is a true testament to his work ethic because we all know what he does on the golf course, how hard he works, and the stories and the legend. But sitting there and doing all that physiotherapy is - that's got to be just boring at the very least, let alone hard. The only thing that would stop him from doing that would be if he picks up a little injury, foot, ankle, leg whatever doesn't feel right. He wants to come back here and win. "Obviously, he's determined to win. I love that he's going to give it a go. "Do I think he's gonna play? I hope he tees it up Thursday." There's definitely a different feel in tournaments that he tees it up in." So he's an inspiration to all of us. "I think he's a good example of life's not always perfect, and so it's really exciting to see him on his highs.

It really does look like it's about to happen. Thirteen-and-a-half months after a car crash that Tiger Woods said could have resulted in the amputation of ...

He enters the week cold, and as manageable as the decline might have been, his game was on the wane even before a life-altering car crash. If he plays, he isn’t doing it for the novelty of it. Medical problems or not, Tiger has always hit the ball farther off the tee than the average tour pro, even as the tour has caught up to him for a range of reasons. He has a deep understanding of the course’s famously fast greens, and he knows where to leave the ball to give himself the most favorable lie and angle of attack to those putting surfaces. If he is in competitive condition — his own stated mode for giving it a go — then he would be more than a fringe hope. He could card 79s in the first and second rounds and miss the cut in last place, and his presence would still give the whole tournament a vibes boost. Yet Woods has been clear about the condition that would bring about his return to professional golf: He will play when he thinks he can be competitive. But he is in the field list, he played a practice round at Augusta National last week and reports from his sessions this week have been positive. If Tiger is at 2020 levels, then by that standard he would be a possible winner but a long shot. There’s no need to beat around the azaleas: When Woods last played competitive rounds, he was in decline. In 2019, he won this tournament and then continued to perform at top-10 level despite what was already an advanced age. Outside of a fun-filled father-son event in December, Tiger has not played an official round since the COVID-adjusted November Masters in 2020.

The 15-time major champion said he was 'lucky to be alive' after his car crash early last year.

You don’t have that collection of trees on the right-hand side. You’re maybe going to have 15 or 20 more yards into the green, but the penalty for missing is greater than it was before as what people probably don’t realise is that pond on the left has been extended another 10 yards back towards the tee.” The speed limit on that stretch of road is 45mph. (Amputation) was on the table.” I don’t have any qualms about what I can do from a golf standpoint. “I don’t show up to an event unless I think I can win it,” Woods said.

Tiger Woods was once again the main topic of conversation at Augusta National on Tuesday as he confirmed he plans to make his long-awaited return to action ...

It's great for the game of golf. I think it means a lot for him to be here, and hopefully he'll get to tee it up on Thursday." Scottie Scheffler: "I would say Tiger takes a lot of attention away from all of us, which I think is a good thing for us. "He's done so much for professional golf. "It's just the guy has no quit. "I think in terms of the competitive nature of it, if he's in the field or not, I don't think it really changes much. Jon Rahm: "There's a lot more electricity in the air, and you have Tiger being there. I always like sliding in a little under the radar. It's amazing if you think about where he was at a year ago to now, I don't know how many people, if anybody, could be out here - and this is not an easy walk. He unfortunately knows better than others, but it's still unbelievable the stuff that he can do given everything." It's great for everyone. It's great for the media.

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He’s the fiercest competitor the game has ever seen, but you still can’t blame the guy if he needs a round or two to recalibrate to the intense grind of Tour-level golf. Remember, the guy has a rod in his tibia and screws in his foot and ankle. It’s easy to think Tiger Woods will keep awing us forever, that his self-belief alone will be enough to carry him to victory. That was the last time we saw Woods in action in an official 72-hole competition. Putting the injuries aside, how will he handle such a long layoff from the heat of this level of play? Did you watch him and Charlie at the PNC? No one is suggesting the Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes is Augusta National, but those two rounds in Orlando showed that Woods still has plenty of speed in his driver, launch in his irons and touch and feel in his wedge game. A year ago, our Rachel Bleier (now of the USGA) tracked exactly how taxing Augusta National is to walk. You can get him at +450 to finish in the top 10, or at +145 to make the cut. Augusta National is as close to a home game for Woods as any course this side of Medalist can provide. Among the consistent themes in Tiger’s career: He doesn’t just show up to events on a lark, with distant hopes of winning. In 90 career Masters rounds, his scoring average is a staggering 70.87. This course brings out the best in him — his shotmaking, his short game, his imagination. And should you bet on him to do so?