Tiger Woods acknowledges the crowd on the 18th green Friday during the second round of the Masters. Woods made the cut for a record 24th straight time.
Tiger Woods acknowledges the crowd on the 18th green Friday during the second round of the Masters. Woods made the cut for a record 24th straight time.
Tiger Woods set a record by making the weekend cut at the Masters for the 24th consecutive time, grinding out a 1-over-par score through the first 36 holes at Augusta National.
“I’ve been lucky enough to have been able to play this event for all these years,” Woods said of breaking a tie with Gary Player and Fred Couples, who played into the weekend at the Masters 23 times in a row. “And I did miss a cut when I was an amateur. As a pro, I’ve done well. It’s just an amazing aura that this place has.”
When Woods signed his scorecard Friday afternoon, he was tied for 26th. Woods’s final round Sunday will be his 100th at the Masters.
Woods played a total of 23 holes on Friday. The physical test for the five-time Masters champion included the final five holes required to complete his opening round, which was postponed by darkness Thursday following a morning weather delay.
“I’m tired. I’ve been out for a while, competing, grinding,” Woods said. “It’s been a long 23 holes, a long day.”
Woods rolled in a bogey at the last hole to end his first round, then had a 45-minute break before the start of the second round.
Woods flashed late-morning brilliance with three birdies — highlighted by a chip-in from the fringe on No. 6 — on the front nine but also showed some rust with three bogeys.
It is Woods’s first appearance since withdrawing from the Genesis Invitational in February with flu-like symptoms, and his first major in a year. Woods made the cut at last year’s Masters but withdrew before the end of the rain-interrupted third round, citing plantar fasciitis.
Three-way tie for first
Through two rounds, Max Homa, Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau were tied for the tourney lead at 6-under.
