Tiger Woods' weekend at Augusta National can only be described as a victory. Just 14 months after nearly losing his right leg in a horrific car crash, he shot a stunning 1-under par 71 during the opening round of The Masters on Thursday. But, to Woods' championship standards, his final tournament score and finish didn't meet the goals he set before officially returning to competitive golf.
Despite playing all four rounds -- an astonishing feat in itself -- Woods finished the 86th Masters in 47th place, with a 13-over par 301. On Saturday, he posted a 6-over 78 -- his single-worst score at Augusta -- and wearing his Sunday red shirt, the 46-year-old carded another 6-over 78. Woods' results won't be seen atop the leaderboard, but he overcame pain in his surgically repaired leg, and also announced that he'll play in the 150th Open Championship this summer.
"Are we going to talk about it the same we talk about the Kirk Gibson homer? Some of those things we talked about with athletes and gutsy performances coming back from injury? Probably not, because he didn't win," Maggie Gray said during Maggie and Perloff on Monday. "But I still think this belongs and deserves to be in the pantheon of those types of things. When we mention Tiger, this should be a big part of it, because of what he came back from."
"Think back: do you remember the tournament where he came back after the '09 situation? I don't remember it. I remember when he won," Andrew Perloff said. "The top-10 moments of Tiger's career are the wins -- this isn't going to make the list of great Tiger moments. It was amazing, when he came back. It was compelling, you give him a lot of credit. But, we'll be overwhelmed when he does really well. That's what we'll remember. Caught up in the moment."
Scottie Scheffler, who entered The Masters as the world's top-ranked golfer, won his first-career major and captured the green jacket with a 10-under 278. He joined Woods (1997 & 2001) and Jordan Spieth (2015) as the only players age 25 or younger to win the tournament over the last four decades and also became the fifth golfer to enter Augusta ranked No. 1 in the world and win.
Maggie and Perloff's complete thoughts on Woods' weekend at The Masters can be accessed in the audio player above.
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