Despite making Masters history Friday, Tiger Woods is still not pleased
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Paolo Uggetti, ESPNApr 12, 2024, 06:25 PM ET
AUGUSTA, Ga.– The early morning light framed the image completely. Tiger Woods, basing on the 14 tee with the renowned 13 green at Augusta National Golf Club in the background. It was a scene that might have happened just under these scenarios– an incomplete round due to the fact that of a weather condition hold-up Thursday, a morning start Friday– however it was one that nevertheless exhibited the mysterious aspect of Augusta that Woods would later on refer to as “aura” and “mystique.”
With the customers still dripping onto the premises, the crowd around Woods at this corner of the home that typically looks like an arena trip felt more like an intimate acoustic session. The chirping of the early morning birds colored the quiet air before the noise of Woods' chauffeur cut through it. At 7:50 a.m. Woods was off and the grind had actually simply started.
By the time it was over– almost 10 hours and 23 holes later on– Woods had actually made history. He completed at 1 over and made it for a record 24th successive Masters. When inquired about it after his 2nd round was over, nevertheless, the 15-time significant winner was unenthusiastic in indulging in history.
“It indicates I have a possibility entering into the weekend, I'm here,” Woods stated of his record. “I have an opportunity to win the golf competition. I do not understand if they're all going to complete today, however I'm done. I got my 2 rounds in. Simply require some food and some caffeine and I'll be great to go.”
If it appears like you've heard that sort of belief from Woods before, it's due to the fact that you have. At the couple of competitions where Woods tees it up nowadays, the concern constantly comes at some point: “Do you seem like you can win this?”
Woods often smiles, often does not, however he constantly states some variation of what he stated this Tuesday.
“If whatever comes together,” Woods stated. “I believe I can get another.”
Call it cliché, deception or merely belief, however Woods' repetitiveness is just a symptom of possibly his most dominant characteristic: He has actually never ever been pleased.
It's what led him to win this competition at 21 years of ages, be the most dominant golf player ever and win 15 majors– consisting of the one here in 2019. And it's what has actually led him here at age 48– with many surgical treatments and injuries on his resume– to still appear and play thinking he can not just complete however win.
“I've constantly enjoyed playing here, I've had the ability to play here because I was 19 years of ages,” Woods stated. “It's one of the honors I do not ignore, having the ability to complete.”
On Friday, Woods was dealing with a tough fight,
