Five-time winner Tiger Woods, who limped by way of an terrible, bogey-strewn begin to his rain-halted third spherical of the Masters, pulled out of the event with a foot injury organisers mentioned on Sunday.
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“I am disappointed to have to WD (withdraw) this morning due to reaggravating my plantar fasciitis,” he posted on Twitter shortly after organisers had introduced his determination.
“Thank you to the fans and to @TheMasters who have shown me so much love and support. Good luck to the players today!”
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It is the second time prior to now yr that Woods has been compelled to withdraw from a significant championship citing injury.
The 15-times main winner, who now performs a really restricted schedule on the PGA Tour focusing as an alternative on having the ability to compete in majors, had speculated earlier than the event that this can be considered one of his final Masters.
“I don’t know how many more I have in me,” Woods had mentioned on Tuesday.
“So just (have) to be able to appreciate the time I have here and cherish the memories.”
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The Masters is aiming to complete the rain-impacted third spherical on early on Sunday earlier than continuing to the decisive remaining spherical at Augusta National.
Woods continues to be dealing with the impression of extreme leg accidents suffered in a 2021 automobile crash. He made his return finally yr’s Masters, the place he shared forty seventh and spoke of strolling 72 holes on the hilly structure as a victory of types.
Tiger Woods barely made the minimize
For 47-year-old Woods, who has talked about enjoying in ache and who operates a minimal event schedule, the climate enforced adjustments meant he would have tried to play 29 holes on Sunday so as to end.
In November, Woods cited the plantar fasciitis in his proper foot when he withdrew from the Hero World Challenge occasion within the Bahamas.
Woods had battled to make the minimize early on Saturday, enjoying in chilly and moist situations and limping at instances. He ultimately made it into the ultimate two rounds after the cut-line rose to three-over par 147.
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By making the minimize, Woods matched the Masters file of Fred Couples and Gary Player with 23 consecutive made cuts.
But Woods, who hasn’t missed a Masters minimize since 1996 when he was enjoying as an beginner, made a dreadful begin to his third spherical.
Starting on the tenth gap, Woods made two bogeys earlier than double bogeys on the par-5 fifteenth and par-3 sixteenth left him backside of the leaderboard on 9 over total.
In September, Woods pulled out of the PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa in September after he had made a 9-over 79 within the third spherical – the primary time he had withdrawn in a significant.
Woods had shared forty fifth at his PGA occasion at Riviera in February in his most up-to-date prior begin.
By Garrin Lambley © Agence France-Presse
