Tiger Woods is almost certain to appear in The Masters in less than two weeks’ time after playing a practice round at Augusta at the weekend.
Although the official starting lists have long included the five-time champion, that is standard practice for any golfer who is exempt and has not already scratched.
And after Woods withdrew during the second round of the LA Open in February – his first official event in 10 months – there were inevitable doubts that the 48-year-old would tee it up in the season’s first major, as he continues to recover from the 2021 car crash that so almost cost the American his right leg.
