Tiger Woods withdrew from the Masters before the resumption of the third round on Sunday, ending his streak of completing all 72 holes of every tournament he has played at Augusta National as a professional.
The tournament said about 90 minutes before play was to begin that Woods, who is still hobbled by the effects of a 2021 car accident that nearly cost him his right leg, had withdrawn with an injury.
He had limped through practice rounds early in the week and again during the first and second rounds, but it had become more pronounced as the weather worsened.
The five-time champion finished his second round in cold, driving rain on Saturday to make the cut on the number at three-over par, extending his Masters streak to 23 straight and tying Fred Couples and Gary Player for the longest in history.
The 47-year-old Woods headed back out for the start of the third round as temperatures struggled to reach 10 degrees Celsius, and it wound up being a water-logged slog.
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Starting on the back nine in the staggered start, and wearing a grey beanie over a baseball cap, he opened with a bogey on the 10th, added another at 14, and then had back-to-back double bogeys after finding the water on 15 and 16.
It was the first time Woods has ever had consecutive double bogeys at the Masters.
By the time the horn blew ending play with rain still pouring and puddles beginning to stand at Augusta National, Woods was at nine over and alone in last place among those that made the cut.
That was 22 shots behind leader Brooks Koepka.
The 15-time major champion also withdrew before the final round of last year’s PGA Championship with what his agent, Mark Steinberg, described as pain and discomfort in his right foot.
That came hours after he shot 79 at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in similarly cold and windy weather.
