The five-time champ completed his 2nd round in cold, driving rain Saturday to make it on the number at 3-over.
Woods extended his Masters streak to 23 straight and connecting Fred Couples and Gary Player for the longest in history.
The 47-year-old Woods headed back out for the start of the 3rd round as temperature levels had a hard time to reach 10 degrees C, and it ended up being a water-logged slog.
Wearing a gray winter season hat over a baseball cap, he began on the 10th hole with a bogey, included another at No. 14, and after that had back-to-back double bogeys after discovering the water on Nos. 15 and 16.
It was the very first time Woods has actually ever had successive double bogeys at the Masters.
By the time the horn blew ending have fun with rain still putting and puddles starting to stand at Augusta National, Woods was at 9 over and alone in last location amongst those that made it.
He was 22 shots behind leader Brooks Koepka.
“I’ve always loved this golf course, and I love playing this event,” Woods said after his 2nd round Saturday. “Obviously I’ve missed a couple with some injuries, but I’ve always wanted to play here. I’ve loved it.”
Woods likewise withdrew prior to the last round of in 2015’s PGA Championship with what his representative, Mark Steinberg, referred to as discomfort and pain in his best foot.
That came hours after the 15-time significant champ hopped to a 79 at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Okla., in likewise cold and windy weather condition. He’d shot 69 in the 2nd round.
Woods recorded his 5th green coat in 2019 when he ended up one shot ahead of Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Xander Schauffele.
It was his very first significant win in 11 years and, at age 43, Woods ended up being the second-oldest gamer to win the Masters after Jack Nicklaus, who was 46 when he won his 6th green coat in 1986.
Woods was hurt in 2021 when his car careened off a rural Los Angeles roadway at almost 140 kilometres per hour, squashing his best leg so terribly that he said physicians thought about amputation.
Asked just how much hardware held it together, Woods responded: “A lot.”
Woods recuperated and made it at the Masters in 2015 prior to shooting back-to-back 78s on the weekend.
The injuries have actually required Woods to play an extremely minimal schedule — the majors and a couple of choose occasions.
He shot 2 rounds in the 60s and ended up connected for 45th at The Genesis Invitational at Riviera in February, however he avoided Bay Hill and The Players Championship so that he would be healthy and all set for a go back to Augusta National.
The concern now is whether Woods will play the PGA Championship at Oak Hill in May.
The U.S. Open is at Los Angeles Country Club in June, not far from where Woods matured, and the British Open is at Royal Liverpool in July.
“Yeah, mobility, it’s not where I would like it,” Woods said. “I’ve said to you guys before, I’m very lucky to have this leg — it’s mine. Yes, it has been altered and there’s some hardware in there, but it’s still mine. It has been tough and will always be tough. The ability and endurance of what my leg will do going forward will never be the same. I understand that.
“That’s why I can’t prepare and play as many tournaments as I like, but that’s my future, and that’s OK. I’m OK with that.”
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Dave Skretta, The Associated Press
