Perspective: Tiger Woods has all the shots to win another Masters. The short ones matter most.
By Barry Svrluga Barry Svrluga Sports columnist with beat writing experience on baseball, golf, the NFL, college basketball and college football Email Bio Follow Sports columnist April 9 at 6:11 PM AUGUSTA, Ga. — What we know about Tiger Woods as the Masters approaches Thursday differs from what we knew a year ago, when his back was still balky, or certainly from the two years before that, when he wasn’t even well enough to put his tee in the turf at Augusta National Golf Club.
Back then, you didn’t. The putt could be for birdie. The putt could be for bogey. Tiger was going to make it, always. “He reminds me of me when I was his age,” Watson said then. “Straight back, straight through and every putt solid. How do you do that? I’ve forgotten.” “One hundred percent,” said Mickelson, at 48 five years Woods’s senior. Mickelson is biased in this regard, but he comes equipped with evidence. Five years ago, his putting stroke was broken. With the help of short-game aficionado Dave Pelz, he rebuilt it.
“The hardest part is I just can’t practice like I used to,” Woods said Tuesday. “My back gets sore. I just can’t log the time that I used to, and that goes with every part of my game. . . . I’ve worked on my putting, and when I have, I’ve putted well.”
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