Tiger Woods withdraws from Masters due to foot injury before play resumes

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods, who looked to be in serious pain during a rain-filled Saturday at the Masters, withdrew from the tournament because of a foot injury before play resumed Sunday morning at Augusta National Golf Club.

In a statement posted to his Twitter account Sunday, Woods said he aggravated a previous plantar fasciitis injury in his right foot — the same injury that caused the five-time Masters champion to withdraw from the Hero World Challenge, an unofficial event he hosts in the Bahamas, in February.

Woods, 47, was limping badly as he played many of the first eight holes of the third round in a downpour Saturday. Woods was 6-over through his first seven completed holes of the third round. He was 9-over through 43 holes, which was worst among the 54 players who made the 36-hole cut, and 22 strokes behind leader Brooks Koepka.

Woods faced the prospect of finishing the 17th hole and playing 28 more holes Sunday.

It is the second time in the past year that Woods has withdrawn from a major championship because of injury. In May, he pulled out of the PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after posting his worst score in the event, a 9-over 79 in the third round.

After starting the third round on the second nine Saturday, Woods made consecutive double bogeys on holes 15 and 16 after putting two balls in the water. It was the first time in the 15-time major champion's storied career that he recorded back-to-back double bogeys in the Masters and only the fourth such instance in a major championship.

Play was suspended at 3:15 p.m. ET on Saturday after heavy rainfall left water pooling on greens. Woods had just hit his second shot on the 17th hole, his eighth hole of the round. He was