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Tiger Woods remains desperate to participate at the Masters (Picture: Getty)
Tiger Woods is pulling out all the stops in a bid to make his comeback at next week’s Masters at Augusta.
The former world No.1 hasn’t played competitively since February when he was forced to pull out of the Genesis Invitational through illness.
Reports subsequently claimed that the 48-year-old, who has been plagued by injuries throughout the latter half of his career and survived a potentially fatal car crash three years ago, would love nothing more than to retire from the sport he once dominated.
The 48-year-old, however, appears intent on competing for what would be a sixth Green Jacket, when the world’s best players convene in Georgia next week for the first Major of the season.
According to a close friend, Woods is even imposing a sex ban on himself in order to conserve energy and maintain focus ahead of his latest potential comeback.
‘He’s focused,’ the pal told the New York Post. ‘He’s working really hard in the gym. He’s eating right. He’s even eliminated sex.
‘He does that now when he’s preparing: no sex until the tournament is over. He doesn’t want anything to take away his focus.
Tiger Woods hasn’t played competitively since pulling out of the Genesis Invitational in February (Picture: Getty)
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‘The Masters is Tiger’s must-play event every year.
‘He’s working very hard, spending hours in the gym, practicing, taking care of himself. He wants to play, and he always plays to win.’
Will Tiger Woods Play The Masters
Tiger Woods is understood to have played a practice round at August recently (Picture: Getty)
Despite his best efforts, it remains highly doubtful that Woods will make an eagerly-anticipated and repeat the heroics of 2019 when he produced his most unlikely triumph.
Woods flew to Georgia last week where he was able to complete a practice round but he is said to have ‘zero mobility’ in his ankle according to NBC commentator and former PGA Tour pro Notah Begay III.
‘He’s trying to formulate a strategy and approach that he can work within given the constraints that he’s presented with. And he’s got some constraints,’ Begay, said on a conference call Wednesday.
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‘He’s got zero mobility in that left ankle and really has low-back challenges now, which he knew he was going to have.’
He added: ‘For the past couple months, he’s been trying to find a way to recover. He can play the golf. We always knew the question was going to be ‘Can he walk the 72 (holes)?’ That’s still up in the air.
‘But can he recover, from one round to the next? That’s the biggest question that I really don’t know and he’s not going to know either until he gets out there and figures out whether the way he’s prepared for this year’s Masters is going to work for him.’
