4th April, 2022
Tiger Woods will make a “game-time decision” on competing at next week’s Masters, the five-times champion said on Sunday.
Woods said six weeks ago that he had a “long way to go” in his recovery, from the serious leg injuries he suffered in a car crash in February 2021.
But speculation mounted with each passing day that his return could come at the April 7-10 Masters as he refrained from removing his name from the field of competitors.
“I will be heading up to Augusta today to continue my preparation and practice. It will be a game-time decision on whether I compete,” Woods said on Twitter.
Unlike regular PGA Tour events, the Masters does not set a deadline for players to commit or withdraw from the tournament, which means Woods could wait until his Thursday tee time before making a final decision.
Woods was also listed on the pre-tournament news conference schedule that was released on Sunday and will meet the media at 11:00 a.m. ET (1500 GMT) on Tuesday at Augusta National.
Woods’ single-car crash resulted in a three-week hospital stay in Los Angeles where he faced the possibility of having his right leg amputated. He was then confined to a hospital-type bed for three months at his home in South Florida.
The 46-year-old Woods has not played on the PGA Tour since the November 2020 Masters.
His only event since the accident came last December when he finished runner-up alongside his son in a 36-hole exhibition played on a flat course with no rough.
Former world number one Rory McIlroy had said it would be “phenomenal” for the sport to have Woods return to competition at Augusta