Players say his game looks good, but while he was once the most reliable player in the world, it’s a mystery how he’ll hold up this week.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods still thinks he can win another Masters. Recent evidence would suggest that might be a steeper climb than walking up to the 18th green at Augusta National.
“If everything comes together, I think I can get one more,” Woods said. He paused briefly before adding, “Do I need to describe that any more than that, or are we good?” But his hope going into 2024 was to play once a month. That seemed to be a reasonable plan until he skipped all of the Florida swing in March.Woods said he doesn’t practice nearly as much as he once did, even with his own short-game course in the backyard of his Florida home. His future has been so clouded that even his private jet being spotted on its way to Augusta a few weeks ago became news.
He took a few clubs with him on the front nine when he arrived Sunday, then played the back nine with Will Zalatoris on Monday and the front nine with Fred Couples and Justin Thomas on Tuesday. “I think the last thing he’s thinking about is making the cut,” Couples said. “Can he win here? You know what? Yeah. I just watched him play nine holes, and nine holes is only nine holes on a Tuesday, but he never mishit a shot. But the idea of making a cut … that’s a huge record, but he’s here to win. He’s here to play really, really hard.”
Scheffler is the favorite, with odds better than they have been for anyone since Woods. Rory McIlroy has been a curious case, not arriving until Tuesday and agreeing to a news conference only if it was kept to 10 minutes.“I guess just trying to bring a little bit of normalcy into what I sort of try to do week in, week out,” McIlroy said. “I play 25 weeks a year, and there’s no point in doing anything different this week compared to other weeks.
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