Tiger Woods hurts every day, but believes he can win one more Masters

These days,merely being among the field atis a story in itself, but the five-time champion insists he’s not returning to Augusta National to make up the numbers – he’s playing to win.

The 48-year-old will tee up for the 26^th time at the 88^th edition of the prestigious tournament on Thursday, marking only his second competitive appearance of the season and his first major start since last year’s event in Georgia.

There, Woodsafter much limping, a painfully familiar sight in the 15-time major champion’s sporadic tournament appearances since suffering serious leg injuries in a 2021 car crash.

as to whether he had

...an understanding of how to play this golf course,” he said.“That’s one of the reasons why you see players that are in their 50’s and 60’s make cuts here, or it’s players in their late 40s have runs at winning the event, just the understanding of how to play it.”