A day after setting a match document in The Masters, Tiger Woods suffered an undesirable milestone at Augusta Nationwide.
Woods insisted he might problem for a sixteenth main title after taking part in 23 holes on Friday to make a document twenty fourth consecutive reduce, however slumped to a 3rd spherical of 82 as a substitute.
The 48-year-old’s earlier worst scores each got here in 2022, when he shot 78 in each the third and fourth rounds.
Woods adopted a bogey on the fourth with an outstanding birdie on the tough fifth, however then bogeyed the sixth and ran up a double bogey on the seventh.
The 15-time main winner additionally made a double bogey on the par-five eighth for the primary time in his profession and dropped one other shot on the ninth in a entrance 9 of 42.
Woods made 5 extra bogeys and a birdie on the thirteenth in a again 9 of 40 in what was his 99th spherical within the Masters.
Requested what the most important problem he had confronted was, Woods stated: “The truth that I used to be not hitting it superb or placing nicely.
“I didn’t have an excellent warm-up session and I stored it going all day right now. Simply hit the ball in all of the locations that I do know I shouldn’t hit it. And I missed a whole lot of putts. Simple, makeable putts. I missed a whole lot of them.”
Woods, who had performed simply 24 holes of aggressive golf in 2024 earlier than this week, added: “It’s simply that I haven’t competed and performed a lot.
“After I had probabilities to get it flipped round and once I made that putt at 5, I promptly three-putted six and flub a chip at seven and simply received it going the improper means, and once I had alternatives to flip it, I didn’t.”
Woods acknowledged he had been worn out by Friday’s marathon day of play, however insisted he could be again for the fourth spherical.
He added: “My crew will get me prepared. It will likely be an extended night time and an extended warm-up session, however we’ll be prepared.”
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