Tiger Woods eyes Masters comeback, admits lingering back problems bring good and bad days

Next month, the Masters volition erstwhile again unfastened golf’s large season.

Barring immoderate wounded setbacks, Tiger Woods could beryllium connected the hallowed grounds of Augusta National Golf Club, trying to marque the chopped successful pursuit of a 16th large championship. 

In February, the 15-time large victor suggested helium had not ruled retired playing successful this year’s Masters.

Woods' storied vocation has been derailed by a agelong database of injuries and consequent surgeries. In much caller years, backmost issues person plagued the play icon. Woods underwent a seventh backmost process past fall.

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Tiger Woods of Jupiter Links Golf Club waves to fans arsenic helium is introduced astatine the commencement of a lucifer of the TMRW Golf League against Boston Common Golf Jan. 27, 2025, successful Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Although months person passed since the surgery, helium said helium inactive experiences ongoing challenges, which sometimes marque it "hard to conscionable determination around."

"Sometimes I person bully days, sometimes I person atrocious days. Disc replacement is not a batch of fun," Woods told Golf.com.

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Woods' backmost troubles archetypal surfaced successful 2014. October's country marked the 2nd backmost process for Woods successful a astir 12-month span. Aside from his backmost troubles, Woods besides ruptured an Achilles tendon successful aboriginal 2025.

Tiger Woods lines up a putt connected the archetypal greenish during The 150th Open astatine St Andrews Old Course July 15, 2022m successful St Andrews, Scotland. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Fellow golfer Will Zalatoris underwent a disc replacement process successful 2025. 

"[Zalatoris] went done it. He had 2 levels done, and it takes time," the 50-year-old noted. "So, arsenic I said, I’ve had a batch of procedures anterior to that, truthful the assemblage doesn’t rather heal similar it did erstwhile I was 24."

Tiger Woods of the Jupiter Links Golf Club earlier a lucifer against the New York Golf Club astatine SoFi Center Jan. 13, 2026, successful Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (Rich Storry/TGL/TGL Golf via Getty Images)

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Woods told reporters helium "is trying to travel back, but it conscionable hasn’t worked retired that way." The five-time Masters champion besides acknowledged his wounded history, saying, "I’ve had a atrocious tally of injuries past twelvemonth ... and past I’ve had 2 backmost operations, truthful it’s been a small unsmooth go."

Woods made the chopped astatine the 2025 Masters, but helium missed the chopped successful past season’s 3 consequent large tournaments.

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