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Tiger Woods’ challenges odds again because of mental toughness
AUGUSTA, Ga. — You can like Tiger Woods, love him, dislike him or even loathe him. But, purely as a golfer, he deserves your respect. Woods the person always has been complicated. He has, at times, displayed arrogance and an aloofness that have portrayed him as unapproachable, unrelatable and difficult to embrace. Of course, from […]
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Masters 2022 — Chasing Scottie Scheffler, tracking Tiger Woods and other big storylines for the weekend at Augusta National
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods might be the biggest story in the 86th Masters. But everyone is chasing the hottest player on the planet, world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who has a 5-shot lead heading into Saturday’s third round at Augusta National Golf Club. Scheffler’s advantage matches the largest 36-hole lead in Masters history. Five […]
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Masters 2022 — Tiger Woods has spent a lifetime preparing for this kind of pain
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods and his rebuilt leg held up for another day at the Masters, overcoming a disastrous front nine to make the cut and enter the weekend nine shots off the lead. To watch him Friday, in pain yet still stoic, was to watch someone battle … the course, the wind, himself. […]
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Tiger Woods is in the conversation at the Masters and here is what is happening
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods isn’t just back, he’s in the conversation at the 86th Masters. He opened with a methodical 1-under 71 in the opening round Thursday at Augusta National Golf Club. He had an early tee time Thursday. He heads out in the late wave Friday, alongside Joaquin Niemann. The third in the […]
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Getting ready for Round 2 of the Masters with Tiger, more big names and a challenging course
The 86th Masters is not short on big names. Of course, the first name that comes up this week at Augusta National is Tiger Woods. After an opening-round, 1-under 71 he’s in the mix. He’s not the only recognizable name near the top. We up our experts to see what comes gathered next as the […]
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Golf desperately needs Masters show only Tiger Woods can create
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Even during dress rehearsals, Tiger Woods can move the earth at Augusta National like nobody else. He spent his Masters practice time wowing his fellow pros with his ability to hit the long ball and to fire darts at the flags, and reminding everyone just how much the game still desperately needs […]
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Tiger Woods draws huge crowd for Masters practice: ‘We need him’
AUGUSTA, Ga. — This thing’s getting real. Tiger Woods took another significant step toward the first tee Thursday morning to play his 24th Masters opening round. For the second consecutive day, he practiced and played some holes, playing the front nine Monday afternoon after playing the back a day earlier. Never mind the “game-time decision” […]
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Tiger Woods’ participation in Masters would be ‘phenomenal’ for golf, Rory McIlroy says
As Tiger Woods decides whether to play in next week’s Masters at Augusta National Golf Club, one of his competitors said it would be phenomenal to have the 15-time major champion in the field. « I think for golf and for the Masters tournament and for everyone, to have Tiger there would be phenomenal, » Rory McIlroy […]
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Tiger Woods plays 18-hole practice round at Augusta National as Masters decision looms
Five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods, who is trying to come back from serious leg and foot injuries he suffered in a car wreck about 14 months ago, played 18 holes at Augusta National Golf Club on Tuesday, sources told ESPN. Woods, 46, played all 18 holes with his son, Charlie, and PGA Tour pro Justin […]
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Tiger Woods tears up after daughter Sam’s Hall of Fame speech
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods cried. Woods’ 14-year-old daughter, Sam, as she presented him as a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame on Wednesday night at the PGA Tour’s sparkling new headquarters, said, “Dad, I inducted you into the Dad Hall of Fame long time ago.” The 46-year-old Woods, joining his […]
