Tiger Woods set an undesirable report at The Masters after carding the worst major round of his skilled career throughout a disappointing third day at Augusta National.
Woods got here by way of a marathon Friday to make a record-breaking 24th consecutive minimize at Augusta National, the place climate delays left him having to play 23 holes – his most in someday of a aggressive match since 2019.
Rounds of 72 and 73 in robust winds took him to the weekend inside seven strokes of the midway lead and with an out of doors probability to push for a record-equalling sixth Masters title, just for these hopes to rapidly fade after dropping six pictures in 4 holes on his entrance 9.
Woods stuttered to the flip in 42 – the worst of his Masters career – and continued to wrestle all through the third round as he ultimately signed for a 10-over 82, dropping him to tied-52nd of the 60 gamers who made the minimize.
It is simply the third time Woods has failed to interrupt 80 in his major career as an expert, with the others being an 81 through the third round of 2002 Open Championship and an 80 to begin the 2015 US Open, with the whole some 4 strokes worse than his earlier highest whole at The Masters.
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“I was not hitting it very good or putting well,” Woods stated. “I didn’t have a very good warm-up session and I kept it going all day today. Just hit the ball in all the places that I know I shouldn’t hit it. I missed a lot of putts. Easy, makeable putts – I missed a lot of them.”
Tiger’s day to overlook at Augusta
Playing alongside former Masters champion Danny Willett, Woods opened with three straight pars and undid a three-putt bogey at the fourth by holing from just below 20 toes to birdie the par-four subsequent.
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Tiger Woods posted his first birdie of the third round at the fifth gap with an extended putt to get again to one-over-par at The Masters.
Woods’ round started to unravel when he three-putted from the perimeter at the sixth – lacking his par-save effort from 5 toes, with the previous world No 1 chipping right into a greenside bunker at the subsequent on his solution to the primary of back-to-back double bogeys.
A 3-putt double bogey was adopted by one other dropped shot at the ninth, with Woods following successive pars to begin his again 9 by failing to rise up and down from off the inexperienced at the long-lasting par-three 12th.
Woods did birdie the par-five subsequent however then went on a run of 4 consecutive bogeys, dropping him to 11 over for the match, earlier than closing a historic day with a two-putt par at the final.
“I haven’t competed and played much,” Woods added. “I had chances to get it flipped around and when I made that putt at five, I promptly three-putted six and flubbed a chip at seven and just got it going the wrong way. When I had opportunities to flip it, I didn’t.”
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Tiger: I’ll be prepared for Sunday
He withdrew attributable to damage forward of the ultimate day final 12 months, with the problem now being to get himself bodily prepared to complete the match on Sunday. He final completed 72 holes of a major at The Masters in 2022 and has solely accomplished all 4 rounds on three events since his automobile crash in February 2021.
“My team will get me ready,” Woods stated. “It will be a long night and a long warm-up session, but we’ll be ready.”
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Woods’ former coach Butch Harmon, reflecting on his round, stated: “Tiger might be very upset with this round. We know when he teed off he thought he had an opportunity to maneuver up this leaderboard.
“I believe enjoying 23 holes yesterday needed to put some put on and tear on his physique. Still, to have Tiger over the weekend at The Masters is what we’re searching for. It’s a pleasure to have him again.”
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