Tiger Woods wrote yet another chapter in his remarkable Masters Tournament story as he made it a record-breaking 24 consecutive made cuts at Augusta National Golf Club.
The American great made his debut at this event as he finished as Low Amateur in 1995 and while he missed his only cut to date in 1996, 12 months later he ripped up the history books with a 12-shot triumph that made him the youngest winner in Masters history.
Since then he has won four more Green Jackets as part of a collection of 15 Major Championships and spent 683 weeks at the top of the Official World Ranking.
Having achieved all that, Woods could be forgiven for giving less emphasis to simply making the weekend but after injury problems in recent years left him wondering if he would ever play again, never mind in the Majors, he was revelling in his record down Magnolia Lane.
“I’ve been lucky enough to have been able to play this event for all these years,” he said. “I did miss the cut as an amateur but as a pro I’ve done well.
"I've always loved playing here. I've been able to play here since I was 19 years old. It's one of the honours I don't take lightly, being able to compete.
"The years I have missed, I wish I was able to play because there's such an aura and mystique about playing this golf course. Unless you have played and competed here, you probably don't really appreciate."
Woods has stated many times since his 2021 car accident that it is walking golf courses rather than playing shots that can give him physical problems, and he had to play 23 holes on Friday after storm delays on day one.
He dropped two shots in his remaining five holes of round one but after a second-round 72, he only had eyes for a run at a sixth Masters title from one over.
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"It means I have a chance going into the weekend," he said of making the cut. "I'm here, I have a chance to win the golf tournament.
"I got my two rounds in. Just need some food and some caffeine and I'll be good to go.
"I'm right there. I don't think anyone is going to run off and hide right now but it's really bunched.
"The way the ball is moving on the greens, chip shots are being blown, it's all you want in a golf course today."
