Tiger Woods 1 under at Masters but faces 23-hole test Friday - ESPN

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods survived the swirling winds of Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, but the five-time Masters champion's biggest test is probably coming Friday.

After inclement weather delayed the start of the 88th Masters, Woods was able to complete 13 holes at 1 under before play was suspended at 7:51 p.m. ET because of darkness. The 15-time major champion, who hasn't completed an official PGA Tour event since he returned from ankle surgery in April 2023, will have to play 23 holes Friday.

Woods, 48, will play the final five holes of the first round when it resumes at 7:50 a.m… The second round is scheduled to begin at 8. Woods, Jason Day and Max Homa are scheduled to tee off at 10:18.

Woods said he is hoping he won't have to wait long between rounds.

«Well, it was nice to finish up 13,» he said. «We're going to warm up and just kind of head down there and start our round. I think the flow would be pretty much almost like between 20 and 30 minutes in between rounds, so it'll be a natural flow from the finish of the first round and continuation of the second.»

Over the past couple of years, Woods has talked often about the physical therapy, massages and ice baths that are required before and after rounds to get him ready to compete.

Through 13 holes, Woods walked much better than he did at the 2023 Masters, when he was forced to withdraw before the weather-delayed third round resumed because of plantar fasciitis in his right foot. He had ankle surgery 10 days later.

«The body is okay,» Woods said Thursday. «We've got some work to do yet tonight.»

All in all, Thursday was a good day for Woods, who had played only 24 holes in a PGA Tour event before the Masters. He was forced to withdraw during the second