Tiger Woods wraps up first Masters appearance since 2020, thanks patrons for support

Tiger Woods completed up the fourth and closing spherical on the Masters on Sunday.

He completed towards the underside of the leaderboard however went by all 72 holes in opposition to high-level competitors for the primary time since he suffered devastating leg accidents in a February 2021 automobile crash.

Woods obtained a standing ovation from the Augusta Nationwide crowd as he walked as much as the 18th inexperienced.

“It was an unbelievable feeling to simply have the patrons and the assist on the market,” he instructed CBS’ Amanda Renner after his closing spherical. “I wasn’t precisely enjoying my finest on the market however simply to have the assist on the market and simply the appreciation from all of the followers … I don’t assume phrases can actually describe that given the place I used to be slightly over a yr in the past and what my prospects have been at the moment, to finish up right here and having the ability to play all 4 rounds … even a month in the past I didn’t know if I may pull this off. I believe it was a constructive. I bought some work to do and searching ahead to it.”

He completed 13-over par for the match – simply forward of Adam Scott, Max Homa, Mackenzie Hughes and Tyrrell Hatton.

It in all probability wasn’t the precise finish to the match as he wished. Woods got here into the match considering he may win all of it and in his first two rounds he was retaining it shut.

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Tiger Woods walks up the ninth fairway through the closing spherical on the Masters golf match on Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Augusta, Ga.
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Within the third spherical Saturday, he shot his highest 18-hole complete with a 79 and matched it on Sunday.

“As many putts as I had, you’d assume I’d have figured it out someplace alongside the road, nevertheless it simply didn’t occur,” Woods stated after his spherical Saturday.

The 2 78s he put collectively within the third and fourth spherical. It was yet one more than his first journey to Augusta as an newbie again in 1995 when he shot a 77.

“Each day is a problem,” he stated Saturday. “Each day presents its personal completely different challenges for all of us. I get up and begin the battle yet again.”

Tiger Woods ideas his cap on the 18th gap through the closing spherical on the Masters golf match on Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Augusta, Ga. 
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Woods was about 14 months faraway from practically shedding his leg within the Los Angeles automobile crash. Renner requested Woods about his motivation to play by all of the ache and accidents.

“It’s arduous. I’ve these days the place I simply don’t wish to do something. It simply hurts. As I’ve alluded to earlier, I’ve had an ideal crew round me which can be tremendous constructive and motivated me and have helped me round,” Woods stated. 

“These days are powerful. The times I really feel good, these are simple days. However there have been increasingly powerful days than simple days. I simply started working by it. Identical to golf, with a purpose to get higher you simply gotta go on the market and put within the time. I’ve. The arduous elements are the restoration classes. Pop in these ice baths a lot of occasions a day. These do actually suck nevertheless it works. Simply to have the assist round me, I couldn’t have accomplished it with out them. “

Woods has 5 Masters inexperienced jackets to his identify.

The Related Press contributed to this report.