AUGUSTA, Ga. — Approaching 14 months since the car wreck that led doctors to weigh a leg amputation, Tiger Woods said Tuesday that he intended to play in the Masters Tournament.
Woods, who has won the event at Augusta National Golf Club five times, had signaled in recent days that he would perhaps join the field in the tournament, which will begin on Thursday. But his announcement, during a news conference at Augusta on Tuesday morning, represented the most definitive public step toward a return to the rigors of competition on his game’s most spectacular, tradition-bound stages.
“As of right now, I feel like I am going to play,” Woods, 46, said on Tuesday.