Tiger Woods will make a last-minute call on whether to stage an incredible comeback at the Masters but every available indication so far suggests the 15-time major champion will be on the first tee at Augusta National on Thursday.
Woods has not played main tour golf since the rescheduled Masters of November 2020. In February 2021 Woods sustained severe leg injuries including open fractures in a car crash in California, after which he admitted he was lucky to be alive. He subsequently spoke of a competitive return but nobody had predicted that would transpire at the first major of the year, especially given Augusta’s hilly terrain. That reality is now tantalisingly close.
