Tiger Woods wow’d everyone at the Masters on Thursday by firing a 1-under, 71 in his first round back since he suffered very serious leg injuries in his car accident last year.
It was amazing to watch him out there again, plotting his way around a course that he knows so well. He almost had a hole-in-one, he had an old-school fist pump after a long birdie on 16, and then he fought for a very impressive par on the 18th hole to finish in the red.
That all came after what he said was a terrible warm-up session on the range before his 11:04 a.m. tee time.
How was he able to put that behind him and play well? He said after his round that he thought about something his late father, Earl, used to tell him.
Press play on this tweet to hear his answer:
"Lots of treatment. Lots of ice…Basically freezing myself to death."
After his opening round 71 Tiger Woods spoke with Jason Sobel about how his body will recover before round 2.@TigerWoods I @JasonSobelTAN I @TheMasters pic.twitter.com/5WBmp2RNUU
— Masters Radio on SiriusXM (@SiriusXMPGATOUR) April 7, 2022
He said:
I had a terrible warm-up session. I hit it awful and I went back to what my dad always said – did you accomplish your task in warm up? It’s a warm up. Did you warm up? Yes I did. Now go play. And that’s exactly what I did – I went out and played. I forgot whatever I did on the range and just go ahead and play shot for shot, hit the ball in the correct spot, commit to what I’m doing, leave myself at the right angles, and hopefully make a few putts and let’s get after this thing. I was able to do that, finish up in the red, I’m only 3 back and I’m right where I need to be.
Pretty cool.
