Woods encountered the opportunity of having his ideal leg severed after an auto accident in 2021
Tiger Woods will certainly make a “game-time choice” on contending at following week’s Masters, the five-times champ stated on Sunday as he proceeds his healing from the major leg injuries he experienced in an auto accident in February 2021.
Woods stated 6 weeks ago that he had a “lengthy method to go” in his healing yet conjecture placed with each passing day that his return can come with the April 7-10 Masters as he avoided eliminating his name from the area of rivals.
” I will certainly be directing to Augusta today to proceed my prep work as well as method. It will certainly be a game-time choice on whether I complete,” Woods stated on Twitter.Unlike normal PGA Excursion occasions, the Masters does not establish a target date for gamers to dedicate or take out from the competition, which indicates Woods can wait till his Thursday tee time prior to making a decision.
Woods was likewise noted on the pre-tournament press conference routine that was launched on Sunday as well as will certainly fulfill the media at 11:00 am ET (1500 GMT) on Tuesday at Augusta National.
Woods’ single-car accident led to a three-week medical facility remain in Los Angeles where he encountered the opportunity of having his ideal leg severed. He was after that restricted to a hospital-type bed for 3 months at his house in South Florida.
The 46-year-old Woods has actually not used the PGA Excursion given that the November 2020 Masters. His only occasion given that the crash came last December when he ended up runner-up along with his child in a 36-hole exhibit used a level program without any harsh.
Dipping Into Augusta National, nonetheless, stands for among the much more challenging strolls on the PGA Excursion offered its undulating surface that almost guarantees golf enthusiasts will certainly strike from any type of variety of irregular lies throughout the week.
However Woods is familiar with playing via discomfort, something he notoriously verified at the 2008 united state Open where he dominated in an exhilarating playoff at Torrey Pines while contending on what was basically a busted leg.
Woods covered among one of the most amazing resurgences in expert sporting activity when, at the age of 43, he won the Masters in 2019 after withstanding years of surgical treatment as well as individual troubles that encouraged several the most effective golf player of his generation was done.
Previous globe leading Rory McIlroy had actually stated it would certainly be “sensational” for the sporting activity to have Woods go back to competitors at Augusta.
