Tiger Woods made a stunning start Thursday at the Augusta Masters, where he completed his first round in 71 (-1) with a blow under par, more than thirteen months after the car accident which almost cost him his leg law.
Woods is in the provisional Top 10, three behind the provisional leader, Australian Cameron Smith (-4).
The 46-year-old American, who left in the same group as South African Louis Oosthuizen and Chilean Joaquin Niemann (who was not born when he won his first Masters in 1997), showed no sign of weakness, both physically and in his game. An impressive performance from the champion, who has not played for more than 17 months - his last tournament was the
2020 edition of the Masters postponed to November due to Covid-19 - and is trying to win a sixth title in Augusta, to equal the record of his glorious elder Jack Nicklaus.
In a rather electric atmosphere, worthy of that of coronation Sundays, the clamor had already accompanied his appearance early in the morning.
But it was his right leg that caught everyone's eye.
Because in Augusta where he has always crossed the cut and of which he knows every nook and cranny, the relief is his main difficulty.
But the Tiger, his body already bruised by an incalculable number of injuries, has once again been able to get up, to succeed in a return that no one was expecting so quickly in Augusta, where his first challenge will be to go the distance over four rounds.
In a rather electric atmosphere, worthy of that of coronation Sundays, the clamor had already accompanied his appearance early in the morning.
But it was his right leg that caught everyone's eye.
Because in Augusta where he has always crossed the cut and of which he knows every nook and cranny, the relief is his main difficulty.
But the Tiger, his body already bruised by an incalculable number of injuries, has once again been able to get up, to succeed in a return that no one was expecting so quickly in Augusta, where his first challenge will be to go the distance over four rounds.
In a rather electric atmosphere, worthy of that of coronation Sundays, the clamor had already accompanied his appearance early in the morning.
But it was his right leg that caught everyone's eye.
Because in Augusta where he has always crossed the cut and of which he knows every nook and cranny, the relief is his main difficulty.
But the Tiger, his body already bruised by an incalculable number of injuries, has once again been able to get up, to succeed in a return that no one was expecting so quickly in Augusta, where his first challenge will be to go the distance over four rounds.
Because in Augusta where he has always crossed the cut and of which he knows every nook and cranny, the relief is his main difficulty.
But the Tiger, his body already bruised by an incalculable number of injuries, has once again been able to get up, to succeed in a return that no one was expecting so quickly in Augusta, where his first challenge will be to go the distance over four rounds.
Because in Augusta where he has always crossed the cut and of which he knows every nook and cranny, the relief is his main difficulty.
But the Tiger, his body already bruised by an incalculable number of injuries, has once again been able to get up, to succeed in a return that no one expected so quickly in Augusta, where his first challenge will be to go the distance over four rounds.