[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Kim Yong-seok = “I’ve been training for recovery without taking a day off since I got out of bed for three months.”
Tiger Woods (47, USA) played with 3 birdies and bogey 2 in the first round of the Masters of the first major tournament of the PGA Tour season held at Augusta National Golf Club (par 72) in Augusta, Georgia, USA on the 8th (Korea time) Reduced one hit with a dog.
| Tiger Woods hit the under par on the first day of the Masters. [사진= 로이터 뉴스핌] |
Woods, who played his first official game in 509 days after a year and four months, wrote a 1-under-par 71.
On the PGA Tour, Woods said about his first official game after the car accident, “We could start with an under-par in the first half. However, he made ridiculous mistakes in a row on the 8th hole and became even-par again. “I was able to finish the game with an under par. I think it’s the best result I can get now.”
He continued, “I didn’t feel good in the first half because I had 50 yards left on the 8th hole. I lost focus on the first shot, and it seems that I didn’t do my best on the second shot. And then I didn’t putt well. 3 mistakes came out one after another,” he said.
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| Cloud Gallery to watch Tiger Woods play. [사진= 로이터 뉴스핌] |
On that day, Woods maintained a par from the 1st through the 5th hole of the first game. After that, on the par 3 6th hole, after attaching the ball to about 60cm of the hole cup, I caught his first birdie. Then he bogeyed on the 8th (par 5) hole but par-saved the 9th (par 4) hole.
Woods, who continued to par in the second half, caught the second birdie on the par 5 13th hole. Woods, who maintained a par at the 520-yard Amen Corner on the 11th hole and did not lose a single hit, bogeyed on the 14th (par 4). But he made up for it by adding a birdie about 9m from the 16th (par 3) hole. The cloud crowd surrounding Woods applauded.
After finishing the match with an under par, he said, “It doesn’t seem easy. (Laughter) I don’t think you know how difficult the process was. I did it with the team. We went through the whole process together every day. As I said before, After being in bed for three months, I have been training for recovery without taking a day off.”
“Obviously, we did something every day,” Woods said. “All of these were our resolve and determination to return to golf and to reach a certain level. And today we saw some positive results,” he said confidently. .
Woods, who was on his first field trip since the Masters in November 2020, sometimes limped his legs due to the aftermath of an accident on a course with severe ups and downs.
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| One side of Woods’ trousers, who occasionally limped due to the aftermath of a car accident, is raised. [사진= 로이터 뉴스핌] |
“It hurt as I expected,” Woods said. “But I have to say it was a pleasant pain. My team and I knew that practicing and playing are two completely different things. “I thought I would be in my own world, and then I would finish the game.”
He continued, “Of course, there was a lot of pain I thought. However, in the process, I was preparing the physical strength and physical condition to overcome these things, and I try to keep it that way. Now, only round 1 is over. There is more left. I have to walk a lot of distance, and I have to shoot a lot more,” he continued.
Regarding the remaining rounds, he said, “I will do a lot of treatment and preparation. I will apply ice as well as ice baths. I will heal my body with ice until I die. It is a process of recreating my body for tomorrow’s game. Golf is “I play for four days in a row. I don’t have a teammate who can play for me. I have to find my own way,” he added.
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| Hundreds of galleries gather in Augusta to watch Woods play. [사진= 로이터 뉴스핌] |