Tiger Woods Struggles on Thursday at Masters Tournament
Tiger Woods Struggles
The old adage is, ``You can't win a tournament on Thursday, but you can lose.''
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At the start of the opening round of the 87th Annual Masters Tournament, Tiger Woods looked on the brink of defeat. rice field. But his five-time Masters winner held on to his top-ninth place before completing a two-over 74, keeping a realistic chance of staying into the weekend and setting a record at his Nationals in Augusta this weekend. It was his sixth time breaking the green aimed at his jacket.
Woods struggled to find his rhythm on the green early on Thursday and after seven holes he fell to three overs. The first birdie on the par 5 was also the first one putt of the day. After another bogey on the 11th, Woods responded with the first birdie. 15 and 16 before an awkward one-footed stance in a fairway bunker bogeyed on the final hole.
"I didn't have a lot of speed early on...I didn't hit enough irons today," said Woods. “I didn’t look too good.Hopefully I have to do better in the future to come back to this tournament.
Most people dive deep today. That was the day. Hopefully tomorrow will be a little better, a little sharper, and I'll be able to make it through somehow. Hopefully it will be positive till the end.
Woods hit 10 of 14 fairways and turned on 13 of 18 greens on the day. He finished the round nine shots behind Pace of playing partner Viktor Hovland, who recorded a 7-under 65.
Last year, Woods had a cut car crash at the Masters, returning from serious injuries to both legs sustained in his 2021 singles match. He finished solo this week in 47th place. Last year he competed in the PGA Championship (Made He Cut, After 54 Holes He WD) and Open Championship (MC) before finishing his T45 at the Genesis Invitational in February.
He's been realistic about his endurance on Augusta's loch-fringed hills this week, but he's come in with the aim of developing that performance further.
Woods said on Tuesday, "I can hit a lot of shots." Read below for hole-by-hole updates from round 74.
