Tiger Woods formally withdrew from The Masters on Sunday morning.
Ahead of a marathon day of golf throughout which Woods would have wanted to play 29 holes to finish the occasion, a noticeably exhausted Tiger opted out early.
“I am disappointed to have to WD this morning due to re-aggravating my plantar fasciitis,” Woods mentioned on Twitter. “Thank you to the fans and to @TheMasters who have shown me so much love and support. Good luck to the players today!”
Before accidents acquired the most effective of him this week, Woods was nonetheless capable of be part of the Augusta National document books. A grueling Saturday morning within the chilly rain noticed Woods make his twenty third consecutive lower on the occasion, tying him with buddy and mentor Fred Couples and Gary Player on the all-time Masters listing.
Even if Woods isn’t capable of compete for main championships at this stage in his profession, the solo consecutive cuts document looms subsequent 12 months as one thing that’s achievable for Woods after he’s made the weekend the final two years at Augusta.
While a Masters Sunday with out Woods is a disappointment, it’s additionally simple to know the logic for Tiger getting out now. Saturday’s play was overshadowed by a chilly and depressing rain storm that made it troublesome for each participant within the area to play regular golf. For the 47-year-old Woods, nonetheless solely two years faraway from a critical automotive accident and quite a few follow-up surgical procedures to his leg, strolling Augusta National in these situations proved to be insufferable.
Woods plummeted to final place, amongst gamers nonetheless within the area, when third-round motion continued on Saturday. Before play was finally suspended for the day late Saturday afternoon, Woods was +6 by way of seven holes, together with back-to-back double bogeys to finish the day.
The query now pivots to after we would possibly see Tiger play once more. The PGA Championship is the following main on May 18 at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, NY. That would give Woods and his staff about 5 weeks to relaxation and get better earlier than taking one other probability at main No. 16.