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At the Masters, Tiger Woods Will Take Some Ice With That

In Woods’s improbable quest for a sixth green jacket, his recuperation regimen may be more important than any read of any green.

Tiger Woods at Augusta National Golf Club during the second round of the Masters on Friday.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods stood in the glorious sunlight of a Georgia spring one afternoon this past week, a lingering dose of warmth before the frigid, hellish hours ahead.

“Lots of treatments, lots of ice, lots of ice baths, just basically freezing myself to death,” Woods said of his plans before his next tee shot at Augusta National Golf Club.