Masters 2013: Golfers with Best Chance to Challenge Tiger Woods at Augusta

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Published: April 6, 2013

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Tiger Woods will enter the 2013 Masters as the prohibitive favorite and rightfully so. The world's top-ranked golfer has won three of the four PGA Tour stroke-play events he's entered this season. So the questions now surround who will be able to keep pace.

If Woods plays like he did at the Farmers Insurance Open, Cadillac Championship and Arnold Palmer Invitational, it will be an incredibly difficult task. In those three victories, he played a combined 46-under par and was rarely challenged.

Whether he will be able to maintain that unmatched form on golf's biggest stage, Augusta National Golf Club, during the season's first major is yet to be seen. Let's take a look at three golfers who should serve as his biggest Masters competition.

 

1. Rory McIlroy



McIlroy is finally showing some signs of life after a rough start to the season. A couple of solid rounds at the Valero Texas Open wouldn't normally be a big deal, but for a superstar like the Northern Irishman, who'd been struggling, it's a step in the right direction.

For all the hoopla about his change of clubs, the fact of the matter is that it always comes down to execution. At the start of the year, McIlroy wasn't hitting the clean approach shots fans had come to expect. But he's starting to round into form at the exact right time.

There's no doubting his talent. The two-time major champion is the only player on tour who can come close to Woods in the natural ability category. If he can put it all together in the week leading up to the Masters, he's still a serious threat for the green jacket.

 

2. Phil Mickelson



Although his last two results––a missed cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and a 16th-place finish at the Shell Houston Open––were nothing to write home about, it's impossible to discount the three-time Masters champ. He knows his...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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