Tiger Woods had a Sunday to overlook at Augusta as he shot a 10 on the par-three 12th gap, discovering the water on three separate events – the worst rating he has posted on a gap in his close to 30-year profession.
The 44-year-old five-time Masters champion did not look to be in an opportunity of claiming his sixth when play started early on Sunday however slightly over half-way via his spherical, his possibilities hit a brick wall, or extra particularly a water lure.
Woods’ first two pictures sailed into Rae’s Creek, and one other overshot its goal to settle in a bunker – along with his exit shot additionally getting inadvertently submerged.
The ensuing septuple-bogey moved Woods to four over par – and the irony of it coming on the 12th gap, the place Woods moved forward of the pack to win the event in a outstanding comeback final yr, will not have been misplaced by the thousands and thousands of socially distanced viewers watching the published.
Right here’s a supercut of Tiger Woods’ 10 on the par-Three 12th at present. https://t.co/OaZFTSdOiE pic.twitter.com/Ezk92HHBid
— dhm (@dhm) November 15, 2020
Tiger can be within the high 20 proper now if he didn’t have that epic meltdown.
— gregg williams bounty szn (@TeamThirstTrap) November 15, 2020
Tiger has performed PGA tour golf for 20+ years and carded his first 10 at present. Pffft, I do that each weekend. Welcome to the membership @TigerWoods
— Mike Honcho (@ohiowhitesnake) November 15, 2020
“I dedicated to the incorrect wind,” Woods informed CBS afterwards. “The wind was off the suitable for the primary two (golfers), then once I stepped in there it switched to howling off the left. The flag on 11 was howling off the left and I didn’t decide to the wind. I additionally obtained forward of it and pushed it too, as a result of I believed the wind was coming extra off the suitable and it was off the left.
“That simply began the issues from there,” Woods added. “From there I hit much more pictures and had much more experiences there in Rae’s creek.”
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It was a near-impossible activity for Woods to repeat final yr’s heroics as he started the day 11 pictures off the chief Dustin Johnson.
Woods did decide up the tempo down the stretch and sank 5 birdies within the following six holes, ending with a 76 to finish one underneath par general, however the injury had already been nicely and actually executed by that stage.