Tiger Woods Biggest Wild Card for 2015 Masters After Augusta Practice Round

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Published: April 1, 2015

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Tiger Woods played a practice round at Augusta National Golf Club Tuesday with the 2015 Masters right around the corner. You’re not surprised, right?

The game’s biggest stage beckons the game’s biggest name, even though Woods has been on a leave of absence from competitive golf since he withdrew from the Farmers Insurance Open Feb. 5. Just because he practiced at Augusta doesn’t necessarily mean he will play in the Masters, but it’s not that difficult to connect the dots.

Bob Harig of ESPN.com reported that Woods played the 18-hole practice round and that he “is not required to commit to next week’s Masters Tournament as he is an invited player and the event has no alternate list.”



That may be the case, but the first round is Thursday, April 9. Woods practicing on the course as the calendar turns from March to April is likely no coincidence, especially since he never offered an actual return date when he left (per Harig): "My play, and scores, are not acceptable for tournament golf. Like I've said, I enter a tournament to compete at the highest level, and when I think I'm ready I'll be back."



Just the fact that Woods may actually return for the Masters makes him the biggest wild card of the entire pre-tournament process and the competition itself.

Woods is still the biggest name in golf and will draw large crowds and otherwise disinterested television viewers, so there will certainly be those in the media holding their breaths hoping he returns. He will impact the way the tournament is covered, broadcasted and discussed because he is the transcendent figure in the game from the past 20 years.

As for on the actual golf course, it would be unfair to the rest of the field to play the intimidation card because Woods’ absolute dominance he showed in his prime is so far back in the rearview mirror that it seems like a dist...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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