Augusta hurts the Tiger. And her back, of course, and her knees. And all that battered body. The champion of 15 majors suffers like few times in the garden that this tournament is for him. It matters little that it is his 100th round in the Masters, nor that at 48 years old he has made the cut in 24 consecutive editions, half of his life, a championship record. There is no mercy even for the greatest of myths.
Woods squirms but doesn’t give up, doesn’t give up. El Tigre wears red, as always on a Sunday. But this time without the Nike logo on the chest, but rather the image of a 15-striped Tiger (for its 15 large ones) which is the logo of his own sportswear line after 27 years of relationship with the American brand. He is accompanied on the practice field by his son Charlie, who is gaining experience in the amateur world waiting for a future on the professional circuit. The boy holds some sticks in a horizontal position, at half height, to act as a measure when dad rehearses the swing.
On the mat, Augusta continues to be too high a mountain for the Tiger, who leaves with five strokes over par on the day for a total of +16. The 304 hits accumulated in the four days are Tiger’s worst result in the Masters since his debut as an amateur in 1995. A gap compared to the -18 with which he won the green jacket two seasons later, the beginning of the revolution . Already on Saturday he had delivered a card of 82 strokes, the highest in his amazing career in the majors. And this Sunday he says goodbye as the last classified among those who played the weekend. Tiger signs double bogeys (18) that of birdies (9) plus three double bogeys.
“It’s been a good week. Coming here, not having played a full tournament in a long time… it was a good fight on Thursday and Friday,” explained Tiger, who intends to play the next three majors: PGA in May, US Open in June and British Open in July. Beyond the result, there is a new lesson in resistance and passion for sport.
Augusta Masters classification.
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