Will Tiger Woods Be Competitive at the 2014 Masters?

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Published: March 10, 2014

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Tiger Woods finally completed four rounds of competitive golf last weekend in the WGC-Cadillac at Trump Doral. Once again back spasms limited his scoring ability in the final round.

Can his results thus far in the 2013-14 PGA Tour season be used to predict his performance at the Masters in one month?

Everyone remembers Woods’ four career wins at the Masters, but one of the least mentioned statistics about his performances at Augusta National has to be his overall record there.

Woods won low-amateur honors with a T-41 finish in his first appearance in the 1995 Masters, and he has only finished outside the top 10 on five occasions in 18 starts there as a professional.  

For most professional golfers just qualifying to play in one or two Masters tournaments during their career and making the cut or finishing inside the top 10 are only dreams.

Woods owns four Green Jackets and holds the record for the largest winning margin at the Masters.

His win at the 1997 Masters really began when he played his first event as a professional in September 1996, at the Milwaukee Open. In eight events at the end of the 1996 season, Woods did not miss a cut, won twice and collected five top-10 finishes. He earned full playing privileges on the 1997 PGA Tour and a trip to Augusta National.

Continuing his stellar play in January, he won the first tournament of the 1997 season at the Mercedes Championship. He made every cut prior to the Masters and added two more top-10 finishes in six starts.

During the first round of the Masters, he posted a four-over par 40 on the front nine, but he turned his day around with a six-under par 30 on the back nine and finished in red numbers. He trailed the tournament leader, John Huston by three shots after that first round, but never trailed again, posting rounds of 66-65-69 to win by a record 12 shots.

His total strokes of 270 set the lo...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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