Masters LIVE: Tiger Woods announces he will play at Augusta in press conference

LIVE – Updated at 17:00

Tiger Woods will play at the 2022 Masters, he announced at a press conference on Tuesday.

He gave a press conference at Augusta National and announced that: “As of right now, I’m going to play [in The Masters]. I’m going to play nine more holes tomorrow. My recovery has been good. I’ve been very excited about how I’ve recovered each and every day.” The tournament begins on Thursday.

On Monday, five-time Green Jacket winner Woods practised for the second day running as he stepped up his preparations for an appearance at The 86th Masters

The 46-year-old has not played in a top-level event since being involved in a horrific car crash in February 2021. The 15-time major winner, who feared shortly after the accident that his right leg would have to be amputated, competed in the PNC Championship with son Charlie in December but an appearance at Augusta completes a miraculous comeback.

Follow Tiger’s press conference and announcement LIVE below:

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“I think that the fact that I was able to get myself here to this point is a success,” he said towards the end of his press conference.

“And now that I’m playing, now everything is focused on how do I get