Tiger Woods says he aims to play in the Masters, returning to golf's highest level for the first time since his 2021 car crash
Woods’s last tournament was the pandemic-delayed 2020 Masters, where he tied for 38th and which was held in November of that year. A little more than three months later, he sufferedto the tibia and fibula in his right leg after his car careened off a road in Southern California, with both bones breaking into at least three pieces and piercing the skin. Woods, 46, also suffered foot and ankle injuries and has said that doctors at one point considered amputation.
“I think that the fact that I was able to get myself here at this point is a success,” Woods said. “Now that I’m here, the focus is getting to Sunday on the back nine with a chance.” The 508 days between tournaments will be the longest layoff of Woods’s career, topping the 466-day hiatus he took between August 2015 and December 2016 to deal with back problems. Woods then wouldn’t begin competing in earnest again until the 2017-18 PGA Tour season, when he scored eight top 10 finishes and a memorable win at the season-ending Tour Championship. He followed that up with his fifth Masters victory in April 2019, which also stands as his most recent win.
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