Tiger Woods

Of course, none of this means the five-time Masters champion has officially decided to play the tournament, but it sure is a lot of smoke for there not to also ...

Tiger has been adamant that he's being patient with his return to golf. Woods hasn't played in an official tournament since the 2020 Masters, held that November, which preceded another back surgery for him at the beginning of 2021 and his horrific car accident in late February 2021. It was previously reported that Woods was joined by his caddie, Joe LaCava, at Medalist for some practice; however, it was actually friend and confidant Rob McNamara who walked with Woods, a source tells CBS Sports.

Woods, who sustained traumatic injuries in a single-car accident in February 2021, remains on the official list of participants on the Masters website but has ...

Woods has historically announced his decision on whether to play the Masters on the Friday before tournament week. I need to feel that I’m confident that I can beat these guys, and I got to do the legwork at home. Over the weekend, a video surfaced showing Woods playing a round at his home course of Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Fla., and various reports have suggested Woods has ramped up his practice in recent weeks with a goal of teeing it up at Augusta National. Woods is a five-time winner of the Masters, and this year's tournament marks 25 years since his first major championship victory there.

Tiger Woods was at Augusta National on Tuesday, sources said, playing an 18-hole practice round with his son, Charlie, and good friend Justin Thomas.

At a news conference before the Genesis in mid-February, Woods said that he had been focusing mostly on chipping, putting and short irons in his comeback. My foot was a little messed up there about a year ago, so the walking part is something that I'm still working on, working on strength and development in that. He had open fractures in the upper and lower portions of the tibia and fibula in his right leg. Woods suffered serious injuries to his right leg and right foot in a car wreck on Feb. 23, 2021. He told reporters at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas in late November that doctors nearly had to amputate his right leg. After multiple knee and back surgeries, Woods won the 2019 Masters, his first major championship in 11 years.

Tiger Woods spent Tuesday at Augusta National, adding credibility to the idea that he might play the 2022 Masters.

Fast-forward five weeks and Woods is now testing the course of the first major championship of the year, where he has won five green jackets. Woods will surely continue testing his body, and that may even extend into next week’s practice rounds. There has been much speculation about whether Woods will play in the 2022 Masters, which begins next week, and that is sure to continue in frenzied fashion now that he has taken a scouting trip. The closest he came to playing a month ago was working the 1st tee as a starter at Riviera, announcing sponsor’s exemption Aaron Beverly. A week later, he played the PNC Championship, a Champions tour event, where he rode in a cart with Charlie, competing against other families. He spent the following months recovering and largely laying in bed, immobile.

As a student of the world's most maddening game, Tiger Woods always appreciated the ferocity of Ben Hogan, and how his unbreakable will inspired the mother ...

… All that combined means a full schedule — and the recovery it would take to do that — no, I don’t have any desire to do that. Augusta National’s hills make for one of the most forbidding walks in golf even for a pro who didn’t suffer what doctors called “open fractures affecting both the upper and lower portion of the tibia and fibula bones” in February 2021, leaving Woods in a hospital for three weeks and in a hospital bed at home for three months. I can’t compete against these guys right now.” Tiger would distinguish this latest attempted comeback from his 2018 comeback by saying this one “was whether I would have a prosthetic or not, and I don’t.” Nobody was sure in the weeks after his accident if Woods would be ready for the 2023 Masters. “They only knew that golf caused me a lot of pain,” Woods said. Nobody was sure in the weeks after his accident if or when the 46-year-old Woods would ever again walk a full 18 holes.

Of course he does. Many of his signature moments took place at Augusta National, including his first major tournament victory 25 years ago and his 15th major ...

What started as a rumor has quickly spiraled out of control as Tiger Woods has made his way to Augusta, one week before the Masters.

As I mentioned before, it’s not guaranteed that he tees it up on Thursday, but the ball is now in his court. In 2008, he won the U.S. Open on one leg, even after barely making it off the tee box. What better place to make a return to professional golf than Augusta National.

Of course he does. Many of his signature moments took place at Augusta National, including his first major tournament victory 25 years ago and his 15th major ...

Sports Illustrated reports Woods played in a group that included his 13-year-old son Charlie and former PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas. I’m not able to do that yet.” Of course he does.

What we know with certainty, having watched Tiger Woods for more than 25 years, is this: If he can play, he will. That's in his DNA.

To play a round of golf at Augusta National in the Masters, including walking around the driving range and putting green and all the rest, a player is going to walk roughly six miles on hilly terrain. That in itself is remarkable because he has a rod inserted into his right tibia as a result of the car crash. He often shifted his position as he sat through the long evening. In the few interviews Woods has given over the four past months, nearly all of them in environments he could control, Woods has consistently lowered expectations about what his future as a competitive golfer will be. The previous day, as part of his contract with the Discovery network, Woods gave a playing lesson to the actor Jada Pinkett Smith, wife (the whole world now knows) of the actor Will Smith. During the taping, Pinkett Smith said to Woods, “Your last Masters that you won, Will calls me and he says, ‘Turn the TV on right now, Tiger’s about to make history.’ I just get so emotional just thinking about it all. Wearing gym shorts and walking beside his son, Woods made a 10-step walk down a red carpet to enter the Hall of Fame ceremony without any hitch in his step. He has always wanted his scorecards, and the shots we could see, to be the essential message of that life. His surgeon, his swing coach and his caddie were all opposed to him even playing in the tournament. Upon winning the 2000 U.S. Open by 15 shots, he immediately suggested to a former USGA president that his winning margin should have been higher, that he had been robbed of an embedded ball drop. He knows how to play weekend golf at Augusta National. There is nobody in the field who knows more about it. That is, the scores and the shots would reveal the man as he wants us to see him. Golf is addicted to Woods, and Woods is addicted to golf.

Woods has been on the comeback trail since a February 2021 car crash which required emergency surgery. He has played in a single PGA Tour event since the ...

Woods has been on the comeback trail since a February 2021 car crash which required emergency surgery. There is hope that he may return to Augusta to play in the Masters this week. Defending his stunning title from the previous year, he finished tied for 38th. In February, Woods said he was still working on getting into competition shape. ESPN's Mark Schlabach reported that Woods played 18 holes at Augusta National on Tuesday with his son, Charlie, and his close friend and fellow PGA Tour pro, Justin Thomas. Woods is still on the mend following a devastating car crash that nearly left him without one of his legs.

Tiger Woods has sparked speculation that he could make a shock return to golf at the Masters after playing a practice round at Augusta National.

"I can play certain events here and there, but on a full-time level, no, that will never happen again." He admitted last month that his recovery had left him feeling "frustrated." The changes in elevation will have challenged Woods' leg muscles, with the hilly nature of the course an obstacle players have to battle over the four days at the famous course.

Speculation that Tiger Woods will tee it up in next week's Masters continues to heat up, particularly after he played 18 holes at Augusta National on ...

In 2015, when returning from a two-month absence because of a bad back, Woods’ plane was likewise spotted at the Augusta airport leading up to the Masters before he announced on the Friday before tournament week his decision to play. You have to be a billy goat to get around there.” The accident resulted in multiple surgeries to his right leg, including on his lower leg and ankle. “I think it’s a possibility; why not test it out [by playing a practice round]?” the player said. There were other signs, too, that he may try to play in the year’s first major. He’s not going to [Augusta] just to be seen.”

The detectives of Golf Twitter were busy on Tuesday tracking Tiger Woods' private jet for clues as he made a day-trip to Augusta National:.

The excitement around the 15-time major champ possibly playing in the Masters just 13 months following a gruesome car crash is palpable for obvious reasons. But of all the reactions, a fellow PGA Tour winner, Kevin Streelman, had the best response: But let's not get too far ahead of ourselves.

McIlroy, a four-time major champion, was at Augusta National on Tuesday, when Woods played 18 holes with his son, Charlie, and PGA Tour pro Justin Thomas, his ...

And the game of golf is better when he's playing and when he's playing well." "I've said this so many times, but from basically March of 2017, fast forward two years and he wins the Masters, and where he was with his body and what he had to do to get back to being somewhat healthy," McIlroy said. He had open fractures in the upper and lower portions of the tibia and fibula in his right leg. After multiple knee and back surgeries, Woods won the 2019 Masters, his first major championship in 11 years. "He was there [on Tuesday], obviously, and he's trying to see what he can do," McIlroy said. "I think for golf and for the Masters tournament and for everyone, to have Tiger there would be phenomenal," Rory McIlroy told reporters in San Antonio, where he's competing in this week's Valero Texas Open. "I think it just adds to the event.