Tiger says Masters win can be his if 'everything comes together' - ESPN

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Despite playing only 24 holes of golf in PGA Tour events this season, five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods believes he can win one more green jacket if «everything comes together» at Augusta National Golf Club this week.

Woods, 48, played a second nine-hole practice round with Justin Thomas and Fred Couples on Tuesday.

«If everything comes together, I think I can get one more,» Woods said.

Woods' 26th appearance at the Masters will begin at 1:24 p.m. ET Thursday when he plays with Max Homa and Jason Day in the first round. The trio will tee off in Friday's second round at 10:18 a.m. ET.

Woods last played in a PGA Tour event at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club outside Los Angeles on Feb. 16. After carding a 1-over 72 in the first round, Woods had to withdraw after six holes in the second round because of the flu.

The 15-time major champion had previously said at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas in December that he hoped to play in a tournament per month if his body would allow it.

But after pulling out of the Genesis Invitational, Woods skipped the Arnold Palmer Invitational and Players Championship in March.

«Well, I wasn't ready to play,» Woods said. «My body wasn't ready. My game wasn't ready. And I thought that when I was at Hero, once a month would be a really nice rhythm. Hasn't worked out that way. But now we have major championships every month from here through July, so now the once a month hopefully kicks in.»

Since returning to professional golf after he suffered serious injuries in a car wreck outside Los Angeles in February 2021, Woods has withdrawn or missed the cut in four of his six starts. His two finishes were a tie for 45th in the 2023 Genesis Invitational and a