Tiger Woods' mobility has decreased more since his car accident in 2021 and says walking will be his biggest battle as he pursues his sixth Masters championship.
As he said more than once Tuesday, the buggy — a golf cart — awaits, especially in the wake of a“Yeah, mobility, it’s not where I would like it but … I’m very lucky to have this leg; it’s mine,” said Woods, 47, speaking to reporters at his regular pre-tournament news conference. “Yes, it has been altered and there’s some hardware in there, but it’s still mine.”, where the terrain is far hillier than it looks on TV, and the fickle weather can play a role in hastening the fatigue.
“I think my game is better than it was last year at this particular time,” he said. “I think my endurance is better. But it aches a little bit more than it did last year, because when I came back I really had not pushed it that often.”at Riviera in February, an event he hosts, and subsequently took time off to prepare for the Masters.
When Woods won the Masters in 2019, it wasn’t totally out of the blue. There was some buildup in the form of winning the Tour Championship in 2018 and finishing second at the PGA Championship that same year.
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