Tiger Woods was spotted working out on Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club as he gets ready to make his 25th appearance at The Masters.
After playing in the Genesis Invitational, his first non-major PGA Tour event since October 2020, Woods said that he would compete in all four major tournaments in February.
Woods made his competitive comeback to golf at last year’s Masters, finishing 47th after carding back-to-back 78s over the final two rounds after suffering catastrophic injuries in a vehicle accident in February 2021.
Woods, a five-time winner of the Masters who last claimed the trophy in 2019, participated in three of the four major championships of 2022, most recently failing to make the cut at the 150th Open Championship in July.
Woods spent half an hour hitting balls at the practice range at Augusta on Sunday, having arrived at the course around 3pm local time.
Asked about the limited schedule he was looking to play back in February, Woods said: “My goal each and every year from here going forward is to play in all the majors.
“I’m not going to play too much more than that. My body – my leg, and my back – just won’t allow me to play much more than that any more.
“That was my goal last year, and I was able to play three of the four. This year hopefully I can play all four. That is going to be my schedule going forward, because of all the limitations I have.”
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