Topline
Professional golfer Tiger Woods’ participation in next week’s Masters tournament will be a “game-time decision,” he tweeted Sunday, as the five-time Masters champion weighs whether to play in his first competitive tournament since suffering severe leg injuries in a car crash last year.
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Key Facts
Woods, 46, said he will travel to Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia on Sunday to “continue my preparation and practice,” four days before the prestigious tournament is set to begin.
If Woods competes, it’ll mark his first official tournament since the Masters in November 2020, in which he tied for 38th as Dustin Johnson tallied the lowest score in the tournament’s history to win the event.
In his tweet, Woods congratulated 16-year-old Anna Davis, who won the Augusta National Women’s Amateur tournament in her debut Saturday.
Key Background
Woods suffered fractures in his right leg following a single-car wreck in February 2021. Woods was speeding in his SUV before swerving on a curve in a road just outside Los Angeles and slamming into a tree, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Woods said later that year his leg could have been amputated following the fracture. Woods has said he will compete in golf tournaments part-time, picking and choosing which events in which he will participate.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/masonbissada/2022/04/03/tiger-woods-will-make-game-time-decision-on-returning-to-masters-next-week/