Win, lose or not even here, Woods always in Masters spotlight
Tiger Woods waves as he walks off the practice grounds during the second day of practice for the 2019 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta April 9, 2019. ― Reuters pic
Since Woods made his Masters debut in 1995 until a rainy practice round on Tuesday, the American has been the main attraction at the year's first major. For golf fans it is a dry spell that is hard to comprehend and for Woods one he admits he never saw coming. “I would say that I wouldn't have foreseen that, for sure,” said Woods. “After I won my 14th, I felt like I still had plenty more major championships that I could win, but unfortunately I just didn't do it.As tomorrow's first round approaches Tiger-mania is picking up steam.
“It proved to me that I could win again,” Woods said of his Tour Championship victory. “You know, I was close a couple of times.Nowhere does the Tiger mystique hang over an event more than at the Masters.
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