Another year with no Sunday red or roars for Tiger Woods at The Masters???
It very well might happen ... 'cause Tiger says recent back surgery could keep him out of April's annual golf classic for the third time in the past six years.
Woods joined Jim Nantz on the CBS broadcast of the final round of the Genesis Open in L.A. on Sunday and revealed the tough news ... saying he's got a ways to go before he can commit to entering the big tourney's field.
"God, I hope so," 45-year-old Woods said when Nantz asked if Tiger would play in the event.