The five-time tournament winner played his fourth round again with 78 on the highly demanding par 72 course of the National Golf Club and finished the tournament on Sunday with a total of 13 strokes over par far from the top group.
“Incredible Feeling”
“It was an incredible feeling”Woods said in the CBNS interview: “To go out here again, to feel the support and the affection of so many people, was something special. A month ago I didn’t know if I could do it. There are still more difficult days than easy days for me.”
Because the fact that the American was at the start in Augusta at all is remarkable. 14 months ago he almost lost his right leg as a result of a serious car accident. “I’m lucky to be alive”, he said. For the Masters in the far east of Georgia, he still made his sixth triumph – he felt in the form for it, he said.
Pain was visible
The form, if it was there, he didn’t bring to the course at the weekend. In part, Woods could see the pain, he was limping, the 46-year-old hadn’t played four laps in four days since his accident. After a 78 on Saturday, his weakest Masters round ever, he looked a little better off heading into the clubhouse on Sunday but collapsed in the end. Nevertheless, he made the last putt with a smile and was enthusiastically celebrated afterwards.
World number one Scottie Scheffler was in the lead late on Sunday evening. The American was -10 and had only played a few holes on his last lap, like the closest pursuer Cameron Smith (Australia/-8).
Source: dpa/red