Two-time major winner on potential return of Tiger Woods: ‘It’s going badly’

Will Tiger Woods ever return to motion? That is a tough name, however a two-time main winner mentioned it is not trending in the proper route.

In line with a narrative at USA Today, Curtis Unusual mentioned on a pre-tournament convention name that he is hoping, however not sure he’ll ever see the Large Cat on a giant stage once more.

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“I hope he gets back to where he can play,” mentioned Unusual, an ESPN analyst. “We don’t even know if he can play ever again.

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“It is going badly. However particularly right here, the place he can come again and be snug and simply be round. The individuals cannot get sufficient of him. We will not get sufficient of him. It could be unhappy that he would not come again right here and play sooner or later, however what the long run holds, we do not know.”

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Woods last won at Augusta in 2019 with an improbable final-round charge for his fifth green jacket.But after having surgery last month to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon, Woods is sitting out this year’s Masters as he focuses on rest and rehab.

Perhaps a bigger issue than returning to Augusta is whether Woods will ever tee it up again on the PGA Tour.”Now we’re attending to the purpose that this subsequent rehab goes to be brutally tough for him,” ESPN’s Andy North said on Monday’s call. “He would not need to show something to anyone. He is achieved the whole lot he wanted to do. If he had been to announce within the subsequent month or two that, what, I am by no means enjoying aggressive golf once more. I believe that will be nice, and nobody would have a difficulty with that.”

Woods, 49, hasn’t played an official tour event since last year’s British Open. He underwent back surgery in September and played using a cart at the PNC Championship in December alongside son Charlie.

“I believe that the competitor in him – , you at all times assume you possibly can rehab. You at all times assume you possibly can come again. You at all times consider that you are able to do this,” North said. “However I haven’t got any magic solutions there. I’d assume that he’ll attempt to play some occasions after this rehab. Is it going to be a Tiger Woods that may compete? Deep in my coronary heart, I do not assume so.”

Woods’ place in golf history is unquestionably secure with his record-tying 82 PGA Tour wins and 15 major titles. Yet Strange believes Tiger can still bolster his legacy by continuing to return to the Masters.

“, these nice gamers, superstars, at all times talked about they by no means need to be a ceremonial participant or one thing to that impact, prefer it’s a unfavorable,” Strange said. “I need to see him at Augusta for a very long time sooner or later enjoying. He isn’t going to play the way in which he needs to, however I believe the individuals would like to see him, very similar to they noticed Jack and Arnie, particularly Arnie, for a very long time.”

Unusual and North can be a part of ESPN’s stay first- and second-round protection of the 2025 Masters, starting Thursday, April 10.

This text initially appeared on Golfweek: Tiger Woods’ potential return debated by Curtis Strange, Andy North