Tiger Woods

Will he? Won't he? It's the question on everyone's lips.

Woods spent the week training with Army troops before hosting a junior golf clinic for his Tiger Woods Foundation. Woods' father, Earl, was stationed at the base in the 1960s.Woods and Phil Mickelson line up their putts during the final round of the Ford Championship in March 2005. It was Woods' third major title by this point; he had also won the 1999 PGA Championship.A month after the US Open, Woods won the 2000 British Open at the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland. That gave him the career Grand Slam — a win in each of the four different majors — at the age of 24.Woods chips out of the rough at the 2000 PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky. Throughout his career, Woods has always had the largest galleries, with thousands of people flocking from hole to hole to watch him play. Woods captained the US team to a Presidents Cup win in December 2019.Woods putts during the second round of the Masters in November 2020.Woods and his son, Charlie, warm up before the final round of the PNC Championship in December 2020. Six weeks after he announced he was going pro — with a famous "Hello, world" ad campaign for Nike — Woods won the Las Vegas Invitational. That earned him this big check, a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour and a spot in the following year's Masters tournament.Woods made history at the 1997 Masters, blowing away the field by 12 strokes to win his first major. Throughout his life, Woods has worn red on the final day of a big tournament.Woods played two years of college golf at Stanford University. He won the NCAA individual golf title in 1996.Woods turned professional in August 1996, and it didn't take long for him to win his first tournament. His real name is Eldrick, but his father nicknamed him "Tiger" after a South Vietnamese soldier he fought alongside with during the Vietnam War. Woods and his father, Earl, celebrate after a 15-year-old Tiger won the US Junior Amateur Championship in 1991. Woods spent the week training with Army troops before hosting a junior golf clinic for his Tiger Woods Foundation. Woods' father, Earl, was stationed at the base in the 1960s.Woods and Phil Mickelson line up their putts during the final round of the Ford Championship in March 2005. It was Woods' third major title by this point; he had also won the 1999 PGA Championship.A month after the US Open, Woods won the 2000 British Open at the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland. That gave him the career Grand Slam — a win in each of the four different majors — at the age of 24.Woods chips out of the rough at the 2000 PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky. Throughout his career, Woods has always had the largest galleries, with thousands of people flocking from hole to hole to watch him play. Woods captained the US team to a Presidents Cup win in December 2019.Woods putts during the second round of the Masters in November 2020.Woods and his son, Charlie, warm up before the final round of the PNC Championship in December 2020. Six weeks after he announced he was going pro — with a famous "Hello, world" ad campaign for Nike — Woods won the Las Vegas Invitational. That earned him this big check, a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour and a spot in the following year's Masters tournament.Woods made history at the 1997 Masters, blowing away the field by 12 strokes to win his first major. Throughout his life, Woods has worn red on the final day of a big tournament.Woods played two years of college golf at Stanford University. He won the NCAA individual golf title in 1996.Woods turned professional in August 1996, and it didn't take long for him to win his first tournament. His real name is Eldrick, but his father nicknamed him "Tiger" after a South Vietnamese soldier he fought alongside with during the Vietnam War. Woods and his father, Earl, celebrate after a 15-year-old Tiger won the US Junior Amateur Championship in 1991.

Woods, who sustained significant leg injuries in a single-car crash in February 2021, has played several practice rounds at Augusta National this week.

“I love competing, and I feel like if I can still compete at the highest level, I’m going to,” said Woods, who later added that he would not “show up to an event unless I think I can win it.” “As of right now, I feel like I am going to play,” Woods, 46, said on Tuesday. Asked whether he believed that he could win his sixth green jacket at Augusta on Sunday, Woods replied, “I do.”

“I do,” he said. Woods suffered serious injuries to his lower body, especially his right leg — to a point where amputation was on the table, and it seemed far- ...

“I love competing, and I feel like if I can still compete at the highest level, I’m going to, and if I feel like I can still win, I’m going to play,” Woods said. We’ve worked hard to get to this point, to get to this opportunity to walk the grounds, test it out, and see if I can do this. “I feel like I still have the hands to do it, the body’s moving good enough,” Woods said. “And now that I am playing, now that everything is focused on how do I get myself into the position where I’m on that back nine on Sunday with a chance? “How am I going to get all the swelling out and recover for the next day? Woods arrived back at Augusta National on Sunday and played the back nine.

The five-time champion told the media on Tuesday that he feels healthy enough to tee it up on Thursday at Augusta National.

And while he does not walk with a limp, it is clear that Woods favors his right foot, especially when navigating hills both up and down. But Woods made a trip to Augusta National on March 29 and played the course with his son, Charlie, and fellow PGA Tour pro Justin Thomas, completing all 18 holes. Couples for years has dealt with his own health issues, specifically his back, and has not played a competitive round in 2022. Woods suffered multiple injuries to his right left, ankle and foot and required several surgeries and a lengthy rehabilitation process. But he rebounded to birdie five of the final six and shoot 76. It was his last official event due to a serious car accident on Feb. 23, 2021.

After weeks of speculation, the golf legend said "I feel like I am going to play" in the tournament. His announcement comes less than 14 months after he was ...

You may click on “Your Choices” below to learn about and use cookie management tools to limit use of cookies when you visit NPR’s sites. If you click “Agree and Continue” below, you acknowledge that your cookie choices in those tools will be respected and that you otherwise agree to the use of cookies on NPR’s sites. NPR’s sites use cookies, similar tracking and storage technologies, and information about the device you use to access our sites (together, “cookies”) to enhance your viewing, listening and user experience, personalize content, personalize messages from NPR’s sponsors, provide social media features, and analyze NPR’s traffic.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — For months, Tiger Woods has been managing our expectations. First it was a question of whether we'd see him play golf at a competitive level.

“Well, I love competing, and I feel like if I can still compete at the highest level, I’m going to, and if I feel like I can still win, I’m going to play. In the meantime, it’s worth basking in the the improbability of the moment: Woods is fighting back. “I don’t show up to an event unless I think I can win it. But that was before car accidents and surgeries and the inevitabilities of aging. “As of right now, I feel like I am going to play,” Woods said. Now, given the conditions that my leg is in, it gets even more difficult.” He mentioned that preparations that used to seem simple now take multiple hours. Then came the real news: Woods isn’t just here to show up. “Yeah, he’s striking it well,” Davis attested. The Genesis came and went. After that came the Masters waiting game. Cameron Davis, who Woods intersected with on Sunday afternoon, was optimistic about his chances to contend.

The starting times and groups for the 2022 Masters have been released. Tiger Woods will tee off at 10:34 am Thursday morning.

11:51 a.m. – Charl Schwartzel, Robert MacIntyre, Laird Shepard (a) 11:18 a.m. – Sandy Lyle, Stewart Hagestad (a) 12:35 p.m. – Bubba Watson, Tom Hoge, Keita Nakajima (a) 9:17 a.m. – Zach Johnson, Si Woo Kim, Aaron Jarvis (a) 11:40 a.m. – Bernhard Langer, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Cameron Davis 10:45 a.m. -- Hideki Matsuyama, Justin Thomas, James Piot (a) 11:29 a.m. – Lucas Glover, Erik Van Rooyen, Cameron Champ The Masters has released its groups for the first two rounds of the 2022 Masters. Anticipation builds on Tiger Woods' status. 8:11 a.m. – Mike Weir, Padraig Harrington, Austin Greaser (a) 9:06 a.m. – Stewart Cink, Brian Harman, Harry Higgs 8 a.m. – Jose Maria Olazabal, J. J. Spaun 8:55 a.m. – Min Woo Lee, Hudson Swafford, Cameron Young

The five-time champion at Augusta National made the announcement Tuesday morning. "As of right now, I feel like I'm going to play," Woods said. He will play ...

"I do," he said. "As of right now, I feel like I'm going to play," Woods said. Woods was asked if he believes he can win this week.

The golf legend said two days before the tournament that "as of right now" he intends to play his first major since being seriously injured in a car accident.

It would be a remarkable feat since doctors considered amputating his right leg after he crashed his SUV down the side of a hill while driving in suburban Los Angeles on Feb. 23, 2021. “I still have my own leg, which was questionable for a while, and it’s functioning, and I’m just really tired.” Woods last played in December, when he took the course with his son, Charlie, 13, at the PNC Championship in Orlando, Florida, which pairs PGA players with family members.

Tiger Woods seemed to have completed the greatest comeback ever in 2019. And yet, he may still have one epic chapter left in his story.

To this day it is the most dominant win in Masters history. The idea of facing Tiger on a Sunday at Augusta is one the new wave of players embraces, not shies away from. Not to mention Tiger would match his idol, Jack Nicklaus, with six Masters titles if he takes a magical victory this weekend. 13 months removed from an accident that nearly took his life, it would mark the greatest comeback in sports history. I feel like if I think I can win, I’m going to play. He lapped the field, posting a score of 18-under and winning by 12 strokes. “As of right now,” Woods said with the world hanging on the words to follow. Tiger Woods has said throughout his career he would never enter a tournament that he does not believe he can win. The addition of Tiger to any tournament instantly makes it more exciting. There is also the challenge of a young, deep and talented field. ESPN golf analyst and former Florida Gator, Andy North, spoke about the challenge a wet golf course presents for Woods.Audio Player Following a traumatic car accident 13 months ago that nearly took his life, Woods returns to Augusta this week in stunning fashion.

Don't get used to seeing this version of Tiger too often, Michael Rosenberg writes, but appreciate the journey required to get to Augusta National.

But let’s figure he will at least try to play next month’s PGA at Southern Hills and then the U.S. Open at Brookline, too. Then he talked about it a lot – partly because he had become more open with the media, and partly, one imagines, because he wanted people to know that only extreme injuries could knock out Tiger Woods. There is each and every day.” He might have misheard the question, but the answer was revealing. The comeback that culminated in his 2019 Masters victory was stunning, but when Woods showed up that week, he was much healthier than he is now, and he had been playing championship-level golf for more than a year. How can a Presidents or Ryder Cup captain trust his health enough to use a selection on him, especially with so many matches in a short time frame? Hearing him talk, it does not: "We've worked hard to get to this point, to get to this opportunity to walk the grounds, test it out, and see if I can do this." The ramifications of that are stark. Augusta National did him a solid with tee times so ideal, he might as well have chosen them himself: 10:34 a.m. Thursday, which is late enough that he should avoid the coldest, wettest part of the day, and then 1:41 p.m. Friday, which gives him plenty of time to recover. If he plays one more event this year, the best guess is that it will be at the British Open, because that’s at St. Andrews, a place steeped in both golf and Tiger history. Playing through the weekend would be a wild success. He carried a caveat into his press conference here Tuesday, saying he plans to play “as of right now,” but fully expects to play. When Woods mangled his leg in a horrific single-car accident in Southern California last February, he was recovering from his fifth microdiscectomy surgery, with no indication of when he might return.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Five wins 22 years apart, one similarity: A red shirt under a green jacket. Tiger Woods won his first Masters 25 years ago this week, ...

It has been a long road to recovery for Tiger Woods, much of in private. He did, however, give us a glimpse of his work to get back on the course in ...

There are a lot of muscle groups that are involved in walking down an incline so we shall see, but I think he can do it." You are trying to get the ankle to move, the knee to move, the hip to move again and then you start with strength and endurance and rehab and your body's awareness of space." You may remember he won the U.S. Open with a broken leg back in 2008. "Walking down those hills is going to be a challenge, and I think the most challenge for him is that and seeing how that is going to affect him in the later rounds. And then you are trying to do a lot of range of motion work. It has been a long road to recovery for Tiger Woods, much of in private.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — It's been 25 years since Tiger Woods famously won the first of his five Masters titles, so it would seem only natural that other players ...