Tiger Woods had made the lower and performed eight holes in Round 3 earlier than his WD.
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Golf followers are in for a marathon of golf on Sunday on the 2023 Masters, however Tiger Woods gained’t be among the many gamers competing for a inexperienced jacket on the ultimate day at Augusta National.
On Sunday morning, the match introduced that Woods had withdrawn from the Masters after finishing seven holes in his third spherical.
Woods later tweeted out affirmation of the information, writing, “I am disappointed to have to WD this morning due to reaggravating my plantar fasciitis. Thank you to the fans and to @TheMasters who have shown me so much love and support. Good luck to the players today!”
Woods has struggled with plantar fasciitis since at the least final fall, a situation that compelled him to skip taking part in his personal Hero World Challenge occasion in December.
Woods got here into Masters week hoping to latch on to a number of the outdated magic that noticed him win this match in 2019, simply 4 years in the past, for the fifth time in his profession. He struggled in Thursday’s opening spherical, making 5 bogeys over his first 9 holes, however recovered to shoot a two-over 74.
He had a stable begin to Round 2 on Friday, however when the spherical resumed Saturday morning in stormy situations he closed with back-to-back bogeys to shoot 73 and end the primary two rounds at three over. At the time, it appeared like Woods would miss the lower for the primary time ever on the Masters, however late bogeys by Justin Thomas moved the cutline to 3 over, incomes Tiger tee occasions for the third and remaining rounds.
The made lower additionally earned Tiger a share of the record for all-time consecutive made cuts on the Masters, tying him with Fred Couples and Gary Player with 23.
After finishing his second spherical Saturday morning in chilly temperatures and heavy rain, Woods, who’s recovering from a number of devastating accidents to his legs, needed to go well with up once more and head out to start out Round 3 at 1:06 p.m. ET. He struggled mightily over the primary seven holes of the third spherical in driving rain, making a number of bogeys earlier than play was referred to as for the day at roughly 3:15 p.m. ET.
At the time of his withdrawal, Woods had 29 holes left to play on Sunday at hilly Augusta National, what would have been a tough check for his surgically-repaired physique.
The WD is available in Tiger’s second begin of the yr. He performed the Genesis Invitational, which he hosts, in February, ending T45.
Last yr, in his preliminary return from a devastating automobile crash in early 2021, Tiger performed in solely three occasions, and accomplished all 4 rounds solely on the Masters, the place he made the lower and place forty seventh. At the PGA in May, Woods made the lower after which withdrew after Round 3. He skipped the 2022 U.S. Open, after which missed the lower after two rounds on the Open Championship at St. Andrews in July.
