Tiger Woods lines up his putt on the third green during the third round of the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 13, 2024 in Augusta, Georgia. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
- Tiger Woods suffered his worst round in history with a 10-over-par 82 in the third round of the Masters at Augusta National, ending his hopes for a record-tying sixth victory.
- Woods blamed his struggles on poor hitting and putting, compounded by physical fatigue from playing 23 holes on Friday due to bad weather.
- Despite the setback, Woods vowed to complete all 72 holes and praised his team's support in preparing for the final round.
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Tiger Woods shot a 10-over par 82 in the third round of the Masters on Saturday, his lowest score ever in a round of 99 at Augusta National, hoping his dream of winning a record-tying sixth Masters would be dashed. I saw it with my own eyes.
A day after setting a record with his 24th consecutive Masters appearance, the 48-year-old legend bogeyed four of his final five holes, tying his previous worst Masters record (78 seconds in the third and fourth rounds). Significantly updated. 2022.
“I didn't hit very well or putt very well,” Woods said. “I didn't have a very good warm-up session, so I stuck with that all day today. I just hit the ball where I knew I shouldn't hit it.”
“And I missed a lot of putts. They were easy, makeable putts. I missed a lot of putts.”
Woods suffered a serious leg injury in a 2021 car accident, an injury that led to surgery on his right ankle last April, and appeared to have problems with his leg at times on Saturday, but he shot a 78 in his comeback game. I marked the second.
But Woods said he was physically exhausted after playing 23 holes on Friday because of Thursday's storm, and vowed to not drop out and complete 72 holes on Sunday.
“The team will be ready,” he said. “The club was great. It's going to be a long night and a long warm-up session, but we're ready.”
Asked if there was a moment when his day turned dire, Woods replied, “All day.”
On Friday, Woods declared after 36 holes that he had a chance to tie Jack Nicklaus' record for a sixth green jacket.
Woods, a five-time Masters champion, had a round of 1-over 145 after playing 36 holes with a 1-over 73 and a par 72, but after bogeying the par-3 fourth hole, he birdied the fifth. A disaster happened somewhere.
Woods turned in a double-bogey, double-bogey, bogey front nine with a 42, his worst nine-hole score on either the inside or outside half of the famous 7,555-yard layout.
His previous nine-hole worsts were in the 40-second range on the front nine of the first round in 1997 and 2004, en route to his first major title.
The 15-time major champion crossed the green on the par-3 sixth hole, but then missed a 5-foot par putt for bogey.
On the par-4 seventh, Woods hit his second shot into a tree and his third into a greenside bunker, but pitched out and missed an 18-foot bogey putt.
It was his first double bogey of the week, but it was just a sign of trouble to come.
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Then Woods came to the easiest hole of the week at Augusta National, the par-5 eighth hole.
Woods hit his tee shot into the trees on the left side of the fairway and into the short grass. From there, he needed two more shots to reach the green, but missed both his 26-foot par putt and his 4-foot par putt for bogey.
“I just haven’t been out there or played as much,” he said. “I had a chance to turn it over when I made the putt on the 5th, but I immediately three-putted on the 6th, missed a chip on the 7th, went in the wrong direction, and had a chance to turn it over. But he didn't do that.''
Woods found a greenside bunker on No. 9 and pitched out to 9 feet, but then missed his par putt for another bogey, ending a scary front nine.
Woods missed the green on the par-3 12th hole and made a 6-foot par putt for bogey, but he answered with an 8-foot birdie putt on the par-5 13th hole, but missed the green on his approach, making it his third consecutive round. He made bogey 14. He then missed a 15-foot par putt.
This began a string of bogeys for Woods, who missed the green on his approach and a 15-foot par putt on the par-5 15th, and added a three-putt bogey and a 6-foot par putt on the par-3 16th. He made a mistake on the 17th hole, suffered his fourth consecutive bogey, and holed out with par remaining.