On Friday, Tiger Woods asked everyone to "pounce on the air."
Previously, he had four major "official announcements" about the Masters – for example, in 2015, when he decided to make a comeback to the Masters after a long absence, he announced the news on the Friday of the week before the game.
In 2016 and 2017, he also issued an injury statement on the Friday before the start of the match.
The only time Friday was not selected was in 2014 , the year tigers announced their retirement, on April 1.
Whether or not to make a comeback to Augusta next week, tigers have yet to give an answer
And yesterday, it was April 1st! It's also the Friday before the Masters!!
All kinds of history hints that this will be a "big day" - so, from the early morning of the US time, the Internet began to "brush the screen" boom, and everyone speculated whether the Tigers would "as scheduled" on the last working day before the Masters competition week, announcing that they were out of the game – or not out of Augusta.
Yes or No, everyone was waiting for him to say a word.
Yes, it must be a "good news" for Xida Puben, after all, three days ago, the Tiger just flew to Augusta for 18 holes, igniting the global Tiger fans' eagerness for its comeback after 15 months. No, on the other hand, is a chilling "bad news", which means that Woods will miss his most successful Grand Slam for the fifth time, and the long recovery period after the car accident will continue...
The fake message of "Woods Son" was screened in the WeChat group last night
How to expect that before the good news and bad news, everyone first ushered in "fake news".
Starting yesterday evening, a tweet by "Charlie Woods" went viral on social networks — "I'm proud to be the first to inform you that my father, Tiger Woods, will return to the pro golf arena on the week countdown to the Masters." ”
This news is so careful, coupled with the fact that the profile and name of the publisher are Woods' sons "Buddha-figures", instantly caused a sensation among the eagerly awaited global tiger fans, likes and forwards instantly exceeded 10,000, even Ian Poulter mistakenly believed that it was true, excited to interact with little Woods with the post...
Unfortunately, this is just an April Fool's Day "joke" – the account that was just registered a week ago has nothing to do with tiger's son! Tiger fans who have been fooled by false news, waiting for a day but ushering in empty joy, can't help but get out of anger. Peggy Spianac, a beauty "influencer" with millions of followers, posted a denunciation - "All those who make Tiger's participation in the Masters a Fool's Day joke should be thrown in jail!" ”
False news about Tiger made Peggy angry
Later, a message released by the PGA Tour official also caused a lot of controversy. As it was the last Friday before the game, the PGA Tour announced the "roster of players" for next week's Masters at 5 p.m., as usual. In this list, Tiger Woods' name is prominently listed! This also makes some tiger fans exclaim "waiting", running for the good news of YYDS's comeback in their hearts...
But the biggest problem with the 91-man roster is that it has not only tigers, but also the name of Harris Ingridsch , who announced on Thursday that he was retired from the game after recovering from surgery on his hip! Apparently, the list is an outdated "old list" that, at the very least, has not yet been updated to the current "90-man version" of the Masters' website.
Moreover, the Masters are invitational tournaments and do not need to determine the lineup of players on the "Friday before the game" – in theory, any player who is invited to Augusta, including Woods, can even wait until a moment before the first round of kick-off on Thursday before announcing their retirement. Perhaps because of the loose numbers and wording, the PGA Tour quickly deleted the "entry list".
Inglesch withdrew, leaving the Masters roster with only 90 men left
On this day when all kinds of chaotic information was flying, the tiger himself remained silent. Neither the official website nor the official social accounts have any updates and statements. Friday, that's it...
But that question still haunts the world – will he make a comeback next week?
For now, there are only two possibilities left.
1. The tiger doesn't have to say anything, he just needs to show up. This means that he will be used to the actual action of Augusta to show that he chose this place as the first professional comeback after 500 days of the violation!
That's all the tiger has to do is that
Historically, this precedent is no stranger to him — on the eve of the 2014 PGA Championship, the Tigers gave up playing in the previous week's World Championship Invitational tournament and never came to the Grand Slam to practice. While speculation was rushing to see if he would continue his injuries, the Tigers suddenly appeared in the Valhalla Club parking lot on Wednesday afternoon, less than 12 hours before the start of the game! And tee off the next day as scheduled...
And yesterday, when the world was waiting, two industry insiders expressed their position, which seemed to imply that the tiger's comeback was in the "countdown" stage!
One, from Steve Streak. In an interview, the Ryder Cup captain said: "I know him and hope he is ready for his comeback. He wouldn't go there for just attending a ceremony (Augusta). Considering the recent condition of his legs, he will be as prepared as possible. He will probably surprise us again. ”
Stryker and Woods were quite close
As a good friend who has been friends for many years, if Streak got some "inside information" after communicating with Tiger recently, he made the above statement. That seems to indicate that the Tigers are ready for a comeback.
Another development came from a sports talk show where host JP Peterson said he was communicating with Justin Thomas's caddie, Jim 'Bones' Mackay. The latter, just on Tuesday Augusta, teamed up with the boss to witness the Tiger's 18-hole trial at close range!
"I texted Ma Kai and he said he was 'extremely impressed' by tigers' practice wheels at Augusta... So, I think this time, there's a really good chance that tigers will compete. Peterson said.
Will we see him in Augusta?
And all that remains is another possibility that is less optimistic. 2. Tigers will announce their abandonment of the competition this weekend, or next week.
In that case, the whole world will have to wait...
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