Tiger Woods confirms career plans after tough showing at the Masters
Tiger Woods made just his second appearance of the season at this week’s Masters, and speaking after Sunday’s final round, he has confirmed what his plans are next week
Tiger Woods has revealed his intentions to play in all four major championships in 2024, on the back of his return at this week’s Masters.
Woods was making just his second start of the season at Augusta National this week, as he continues to play part-time golf on the PGA Tour amid his recent fitness struggles. And this week’s outing proved to be a record-breaking one for the 15-time major champion, as he made his 24th consecutive Masters cut.
Things did not exactly go to plan over the weekend though, after writing himself into the history books for all the wrong reasons 24 hours later, carding a 10-over-par 82 on Saturday, the worst round of his major career.
More struggles followed in Sunday’s final round, as he went on to fall into dead-last on the leaderboard, ending the week at 16-over. Despite a tough finish though Woods was in a positive mood after making his way off the 18th tee, and has already set his sights on the next three major events.
He commented post-round: “I’m going to do my homework going forward at Pinehurst, Valhalla and Troon, but that’s kind of the game plan.” His next hurdle will come at Valhalla next month, with the PGA Championship the next major on the professional golf calendar.
There is no doubt that the weeks ahead will be all about preparation for the 48-year-old, and in his post-round comments gave an insight into what his plans are to get himself ready for trip to Kentucky. “Just keep lifting, keep the motor going,” he commented.
“Keep the body moving, keep getting stronger, keep progressing. Hopefully the practice sessions will keep getting longer.” Speaking after his second round on Friday after making the cut, Woods admitted he still had hopes of landing win No. 6 at Augusta come the end of the weekend.
Of course it was not to be for the 82-time PGA Tour champion, whose struggles were clear to see on Saturday and Sunday. Despite this, he is taking plenty of positives away from just his second start of the year: “It was a good week. It was a good week all around,” he added.
“I think that coming in here, not having played a full tournament in a very long time, it was a good fight on Thursday and Friday. Unfortunately yesterday it didn’t quite turn out the way I wanted it to.” His next outing at the PGA will come at Valhalla on May 16. The U.S. Open follows at Pinehurst a month later on June 13, before the Open Championship at Royal Troon on July 18.
