Tiger Woods is in the conversation at the Masters and here is what else you need to know.
Tiger Woods is in the conversation at the Masters and here is what is happening. Tiger Woods was on the golf course, but he withdrew before his round started.
GAINESVILLE, GAINESVILLE, GAINESVILLE, GAINESVILLE Tiger Woods is not just back, but he’s also in contention at the 86th Masters. In the first round at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, he shot a steady 1-under 71.
On Thursday, he had an early tee time. He’ll be out in the late wave with Joaquin Niemann on Friday. With an injury, the third player in the group, Louis Oosthuizen, withdrew before the second round started. Woods finished Thursday’s round in a tie for 10th place, four strokes behind the leader. Anything may happen on Friday. To make the cut, he may charge, get to the center of the pack, or engage in a fight.
On Day 2 of the Masters, we’re following his every move:
The second day’s setup
The sun is shining brightly. The wind is blowing. At Augusta National, the weather is ideal. These are the pin positions Woods will have to traverse when he arrives for his 1:41 p.m. ET tee time.
Friday’s hole placements at the Masters. pic.twitter.com/MRIWs7N9Du #themasters
April 8, 2022 — The Masters (@TheMasters) 
The first hole is a par four with a length of 445 yards.
@TigerWoods is next on the tee… pic.twitter.com/juKIDSVjo2
April 8, 2022 — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR)
For Woods, the first remained a challenge. Woods was wide right off the tee, much as he was in the first round. He had been short of the bunker the day before. The ball made it there this time. His approach missed the green, leaving him to put his short game to the test right away, something he struggled with on Thursday. For the 23rd time, he missed to convert and began his round with a bogey. On the first hole at Augusta National, he is currently 17 over for his career.
Bogey is the score.
1 over for the day’s total.
For the competition as a whole, the score is even.
No. 2: 575 yard par 5
At the second, Woods used a different tactic, but the outcome was the same. Instead of using his 3-wood, like he did on Thursday, he went with his driver in Round 2 and found his second straight fairway bunker. From there, it was all too familiar: layup, mediocre pitch, and a missed putt. So far in this Masters, he hasn’t taken advantage of the par 5s.
Par for the course.
1 over for the day’s total.
For the competition as a whole, the score is even.
No. 3: 350-yard par four
Woods took it easy off the tee, hitting an iron. The wind seized his approach in excellent position and drove it right of the green. He couldn’t get up and down, just like the previous time. A 7-footer for par went past on the low side this time. A shaky start, particularly with the four-hole stretch beginning at the par-3 fourth.
Bogey is the score.
Total number of overs during the day: 2
For the competition, the total is 1 over.
No. 4: 240 yard par 3
Woods had to come up with some short-game wizardry after another misfired iron. And, once again, he didn’t have any. To preserve par, he missed a 30-footer by two rolls. On Friday, Woods planned to make a run up the leaderboard. Instead, with three bogeys in four holes, he must correct his mistakes or the focus will shift to whether or not he will make the cut.
Tiger Woods is 3-over through four holes, his worst four-hole total in 92 Masters Tournament appearances. #theMasters
April 8, 2022 — PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms)
Bogey is the score.
Total number of overs during the day: 3
Total number of overs in the tournament: 2
No. 5 is a 495-yard par four.
For Woods, things haven’t gotten any better. He recorded a bogey on the fifth hole, his third in a row and fourth in the first five holes of the round. Another missed drive, this time to the far right, resulted in a pitch out and a missed 10-footer. The countdown to the start of Cut Watch has started.
Bogey is the score.
Total number of overs during the day: 4
Total number of overs in the tournament: 3
No. 6: 180-yard par three
Finally, Woods played a hole that was quite uninteresting. Woods found the bottom shelf of the green at the par-3 sixth, where he opened his round on Thursday with a near-ace. To get off the bogie train for the time being, he made a drama-free two-putt.
Par for the course.
Total number of overs during the day: 4
Total number of overs in the tournament: 3
No. 7: 450-yard par four
Woods has a chance to convert his first birdie putt of the day after two well-hit shots. He slammed the 14-footer past the break, leaving a tricky 5-footer on the other end. To save par, he smashed it into the centre of the hole. If he had missed, he would have gone from a decent chance for birdie to a three-putt bogey. Instead, he gained little headway while searching for his game on Friday.
Par for the course.
Total number of overs during the day: 4
Total number of overs in the tournament: 3
No. 8: 570-yard par 5
Sometimes it just takes one stroke for Woods to figure it out. Maybe it was the flushed wedge into the par-3 sixth or the iron into the par-4 seventh. Neither resulted in birdies, but they both seemed to calm Woods down. Finally, in the eighth, it all came together. His first birdie of the day came after a superb tee shot, a well-placed layup, and a perfect up-and-down.
Tiger Woods rescues a stroke with a birdie on No. 8 after early bogeys. pic.twitter.com/Id9T1GgSmI #themasters
April 8, 2022 — The Masters (@TheMasters)
Result: Birdie
Total number of overs during the day: 3
Total number of overs in the tournament: 2
No. 9: 460-yard par four
Woods hit his longest drive of the day at the ninth hole, a 339-yard rocket down the hill. Things became more difficult from there. On the follow-through, he let the club fly out of his hands, something he despised. Despite this, he managed to break par and save a front nine that might have been much worse. He was just 5 strokes behind the leader when he approached the 10th tee, and there was still a lot of golf to be played.
Par for the course.
Total number of overs during the day: 3
Total number of overs in the tournament: 2
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