What to know for an extra-interesting Masters

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The Masters is always rich in storylines. And, like the members of Augusta National, this year's is richer than most. Here are some of the angles to follow at the year's biggest golf tournament:

Does Tiger Woods have another green jacket in him?

At 47, the 15-time major winner would be in decline even if he'd stayed healthy over the years. He has not. In 2019, Woods was able to overcome the myriad back, knee and assorted ailments that have diminished his game to, a la Jack Nicklaus in 1986, capture a magical late-stage Masters title. But he's even more hobbled now from the 2021 car wreck that nearly cost him a leg and rendered him a part-time player who has trouble walking 18 holes.

Tiger's fighting spirit helped him battle to make the cut at last year's Masters, and it's still within the realm of possibility that he matches Nicklaus' record by winning a sixth green jacket. But, as he prepares for his 25th Masters appearance, even Woods admits he's running out of competitive rounds at Augusta. "I don't know how many more I have in me," he said this week.

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The PGA Tour vs. LIV Golf war bleeds into Augusta.

Even the most elegant venue in the sport can not avoid being splattered by the ugly, cash-and-oil-soaked fight for control of men's professional golf. The first shots were fired before last year's Masters, but the battle lines are more clearly drawn now that the wave of defections to the Saudi-funded LIV tour has mostly run its course and the rebel league has teed off its second season.

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