Woods is expected to assess his physical ability to play in the first big men’s category of 2022 after playing 18 holes, with a decision probably before the end of this week. Woods’s body’s reaction to walking on the hilly terrain of Augusta will be key. As Woods’s private jet crashed in Georgia on Tuesday morning, bettors immediately reduced his chances of claiming what would be a sixth Green Jacket. Woods, who won the 2019 Masters after returning from multiple back surgeries, was considered highly unlikely to play competitively before this year’s Open Championship in St Andrews, at the earliest. He appeared with his son, Charlie, in the PNC Championship in December but with the help of a golf cart. A month earlier, he admitted that he was “lucky to be alive” after the accident in Los Angeles, adding: “I am now able to play golf. At what level? I do not know it.” Pictures of Woods playing at the Medalist club in Florida have surfaced in recent days, fueling speculation about an incredible Masters return. While he is the mastermind of the mystery, the fact that the 46-year-old is willing to visit Augusta at this time means that he is serious about the possibility of playing in the 86th edition of the Masters.
