Tiger Woods was back out on the Augusta National course on Wednesday before his big return to action at the Masters from a horror car accident last year.
The 15-time major winner announced on Tuesday that he was aiming to tee-off in the opening major of the year after playing nine practice holes the following day.
“I don’t show up to an event unless I think I can win it,” Woods said. “I can hit it just fine. I don’t have any qualms about what I can do from a golf standpoint. It’s now walking is the hard part.”
Woods sustained severe injuries to his right leg in the car accident in February 2021 and later admitted: “I’m lucky to be alive and to still have the limb. [Amputation] was on the table.”
But the comeback looks almost complete as thousands of fans watched him in action again during his practice holes on Wednesday.
Woods, 46, arrived at Augusta early and played the back nine along with 1992 Masters champion Fred Couples and world No 7 Justin Thomas.
“Tiger is Tiger. I said it on Monday that he's not like a lot of us where I've been injured even at age 35 and I go play just to play,” Couples said.
“He's not going to do that. He's won so many times, and he's just not a guy to go do something mediocre. He'll compete, and he'll be ready to roll.”
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