Tiger Woods absence felt at Masters amid Scottie | Golf News

Tiger Woods’ Achilles harm has taken the star out of the Masters this 12 months – and it has had a wider impression on the match, too.

The 15-time main winner and five-time Augusta National champion confirmed that his harm was a “mess”, which meant he wouldn’t be competing this 12 months. This has had a notable impression on the match’s environment, occasion workers have revealed.

Members of Masters security advised Mirror US that whereas crowds are nonetheless as busy as normal there may be an apparent lack of gravitational pull to anybody golfer. Previously, wherever Woods went, bunches of spectators would comply with.

Without Woods this 12 months, there have been no events the place busy crowds has meant getting by way of has been unimaginable, or spectators combating on their tiptoes to steal a look at the GOAT.

However, one member of security stated that the closest Masters star he’s seen to attain a related response is Scottie Scheffler. Last 12 months’s champion has gained the Masters twice and picked up 13 PGA Tour wins.

On Tuesday, the American opened up to the media about how his mindset works relating to staying on prime. He stated: “I mean, I really don’t focus a lot of that stuff. I focus a lot on the preparation and getting ready to play in tournaments, and then I try to, while I’m playing, have a good attitude and approach the shots the right way. And that’s what I define success as.”

The 28-year-old added: “When I take into consideration preparing for this week, once I step on the primary tee on Thursday, I’m going to remind myself that I’ve performed what I needed to do to play nicely, and it is all about going out and competing now.

“I really try not to look too much into the past. I try not to look too far into the future. I just like to stay in the present and just go one week at a time.”

Woods shared an harm replace with followers on March eleventh, and wrote in a assertion on social media: “As I began to ramp up my own training and practice at home, I felt a sharp pain in my left Achilles, which was deemed to be ruptured.

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“This morning, Dr Charlton Stucken of Hospital for Special Surgery in West Palm Beach, Florida performed a minimally-invasive Achilles tendon repair for a ruptured tendon.”

He added: “I’m back home now and plan to concentrate on my restoration and rehab, thanks for all of the help.”

The golfer, 49, beforehand suffered important harm to his different leg in a 2021 car crash. He described the rehabilitation period because the hardest of his profession, and stated he was initially “just looking forward to getting outside” after months of being motionless.