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No. 2, 575 yards, par 5: Drive down right side of fairway. Fairway metal short of green. Wedge from 50 yards. Two putts from 16 feet. Par. Score: Even. Status: ...

Chip to 6 feet. Approach to 20 feet. No. 17, 440 yards, par 4: Driver to second cut on right side. No. 13, 510 yards, par 5: Drive to center of fairway. No. 11, 520 yards, par 4: Driver to middle of fairway. Approach to front of green, rolled back to fairway. Approach to front of green, rolled back to fairway. Pitch to short of green. No. 7, 450 yards, par 4: Fairway metal to pine straw past the right side of fairway. Approach to 15 feet. No. 5, 495 yards, par 4: Driver to fairway. Approach to front of green, rolling just back onto the fairway.

On a wild first day at the 2022 Masters there was no shortage of interesting facts and figures.

For a man who once famously said Augusta National was a par 67 for him, it’s kind of difficult to get to that number with a double box on the card. Nine times in the history of the Masters a player has finished runner-up and won the green jacket the following year. Cameron Smith had quite the day, opening and closing with a double bogey and still shooting 68 to reside in second place.

Tiger Woods climbs the hill to the 18th green in the first round of the 2022. The hills at Augusta National -- like here at the 18th hole -- must be negotiated ...

So to have the patrons fully out and to have that type of energy out there was awesome to feel.’’ And when he spoke to the media in February at the Genesis Invitational, where he is the host of the PGA Tour event, Woods gave little indication that he was ready for high-level golf. I did that all day, and I was able to make a few putts and end up in the red like I am now.’’ As I said with all the hard work, my leg, it's going to be difficult for the rest of my life. “They’ve seen the pictures, and they’ve come over to the house and they’ve seen it. Without going into detail, Woods suggested that he spends time in an ice bath, and has a team of trainers who help with swelling. And yet, here he was, shooting a better score than the likes of defending champion Hideki Matsuyama, Shane Lowry, Adam Scott, Kevin Kisner and others. “Lack of concentration on the first one,’’ he said. No, this was more about finishing a round on one of the game’s most exacting courses, and standing before the assembled media to talk about it. Woods hit eight of 14 fairways and just nine of 18 greens. “I’ve said this before, we haven’t taken a day off since I got out of bed after those three months,’’ said Woods, who thanked his team, which includes two specialists who were in the gallery on Thursday. “Granted, some days are easier than others. That provided the best clue that Tiger Woods was back.

Tiger Woods marked his first competitive start in over 16 months with an eventful opening-round 71 on his long-awaited return to action at The Masters.

"I am as sore as I expected to feel," Woods added. "I'm going to be sore, yes. I was able to finish up in the red. "Yeah, I was able to do that. "I had a terrible warm-up session," Woods admitted. "I hit it awful.

Tiger Woods' recovery from a serious car accident 14 months ago is remarkable, and so is his first round so far at Augusta.

Tiger was greeted with cheers and applause on the first tee, with the hole lined with several layers of patrons all the way to the green. When he saw the receiving line and crowd waiting outside the ropes, it was as if he had to brace himself. It has rained for the past two days, and drizzled again Thursday morning, so the grass outside the clubhouse is slick and even treacherous.

The groups will remain the same, with morning and afternoon tee times flipping from their Round 1 slots.

10:56 a.m. – Jose Maria Olazabal, J. J. Spaun 11:51 a.m. – Vijay Singh, Ryan Palmer, Kyoung-Hoon Lee 10:45 a.m. – Matthew Fitzpatrick, Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy 10:23 a.m. – Will Zalatoris, Patrick Cantlay, Jon Rahm 10:12 a.m. – Dustin Johnson, Billy Horschel, Collin Morikawa 9:06 a.m. – Patrick Reed, Seamus Power, Lucas Herbert 8:55 a.m. – Lee Westwood, Russell Henley, Corey Conners 8:44 a.m. – Gary Woodland, Justin Rose, Takumi Kanaya Round 2 groupings will remain the same as Thursday's opening round. 8:22 a.m. – Bernhard Langer, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Cameron Davis 8:00 a.m. – Sandy Lyle, Stewart Hagestad 8:11 a.m. – Lucas Glover, Erik van Rooyen, Cameron Champ

The morning wave in Round 2 is loaded with star power as past champions Bubba Watson, Patrick Reed, Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth are all ...

11:18 a.m. – Mike Weir, Padraig Harrington, Austin Greaser (a) 11:51 a.m. – Vijay Singh, Ryan Palmer, Kyoung-hoon Lee 9:06 a.m. – Patrick Reed, Seamus Power, Lucas Herbert 8:33 a.m. – Charl Schwartzel, Robert MacIntyre, Laird Shepard (a) Woods, paired with Louis Oosthuizen and Joaquin Niemann, is scheduled to go off at 1:41 p.m. ET, starring in one of the last groups to begin Round 2 after early tee times on Thursday. 8:55 a.m. – Lee Westwood, Russell Henley, Corey Conners 8 a.m. – Sandy Lyle, Stewart Hagestad (a) Watch live on CBSSports.com, the CBS Sports App and Paramount+. The morning wave in Round 2 is loaded with star power as past champions Bubba Watson, Patrick Reed, Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth are all staggered throughout. 8:22 a.m. – Bernhard Langer, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Cameron Davis Pairings and tee times for the second round of play at the 2022 Masters have officially been set, and while groupings will remain the same from Round 1, start times are getting a healthy reshuffle for Friday as we prepare to narrow the field ahead of the weekend. 8:11 a.m. – Lucas Glover, Erik Van Rooyen, Cameron Champ

You might have heard that Tiger Woods played on Thursday. But there were stories all over a leaderboard that is just getting started at Augusta.

“It’s one thing to just hold a club and make air swings, it’s another to hit a golf ball into a net,” Higgs said. It’s impossible for the players and impossible for the patrons who walk around every day. “It was a really enjoyable round. He is 23, he’s won twice on the PGA Tour, including a victory this year at Riviera Country Club in the Genesis Invitational, and he’s had a few near-misses, including two playoff losses. A bogey at 18 left him at 69, right in the mix. Niemann had the shot of the day in the Woods-Niemann-Louis Oosthuizen group. He headed to the practice range after the round to work out the kinks in his driver swing for Friday, when the weather forecast calls for cooler temperatures and stronger, gustier winds. Dustin Johnson won that tournament and yes, he was in the mix again, too. “To have the patrons fully out and to have that type of energy out there was awesome to feel. “The place was electric,” Woods said. That came after a fast start when he birdied the first three holes. Honk if you liked the show: Woods shot 1-under 71, starting the day with a clutch 10-foot par-saving putt and ending the round with a five-footer for par.

Of all the 6576 shots that were officially struck at Augusta National on Day 1 of the Masters, only one truly mattered.

On Wednesday, Woods — who said the previous day that he intended to play — went through his final practice round and decided there was no need to back out. He kept spraying tee shots off to the left. The word “roar” might get overused at Augusta National, but that’s what the sound from those patrons sure seemed like. Sungjae Im was the first round leader, shooting a 5-under 67. It’s going to get harder. With his opening tee shot at 11:04 a.m. Thursday, the Masters was truly back to normal. Yet Woods answered the bell and then some Thursday, probably surprising some by playing at all, surprising even more by looking like someone who could contend. Woods was there as well, after being unable to attend last year while recovering from his injuries. He is the best competitor I’ve ever witnessed.” It wasn’t down the center of the fairway. They watched a man who could have lost a leg — or his life — in a car crash 15 months ago return to the spot of his past glory, and albeit moving perhaps a bit more slowly than he used to, chase glory again. It didn’t go in the hole.

Woods was tied for 10th, four shots behind South Korean Im Sung-jae, who launched his round with three straight birdies and finished with five birdies and ...

"My team has been incredible at getting me into this position so that I can compete," Woods said. "I was able to finish up in the red," Woods said. "I can swing a golf club. Meanwhile, first round leader Im - who finished tied for second on his Masters debut in 2020 - powered up the leaderboard with a trio of birdies on his first three holes. Woods was tied for 10th, four shots behind South Korean Im Sung-jae, who launched his round with three straight birdies and finished with five birdies and an eagle in his five-under-par 67. Woods was tied for 10th, four shots behind South Korean Im Sung-jae, who launched his round with three straight birdies and finished with five birdies and an eagle in his five-under-par 67.

Tiger Woods shot a one-under-par 71 at the Masters, while Charl Schwartzel and Garrick Higgo led the South African charge with even-par rounds of 72.

"My team has been incredible at getting me into this position so that I can compete," Woods said. "I was able to finish up in the red," Woods said. "I can swing a golf club. 71 - Matthew Fitzpatrick (ENG), Tiger Woods (USA), Kevin Na (USA), Webb Simpson (USA), Tony Finau (USA), Harold Varner III (USA), Daniel Berger (USA), Will Zalatoris (USA), Harry Higgs (USA) 76 - Louis Oosthuizen (RSA), Justin Rose (ENG), Bernhard Langer (GER), Kim Si-Woo (KOR), Stewart Cink (USA), Justin Thomas (USA), Bryson DeChambeau (USA) 69 - Dustin Johnson (USA), Scottie Scheffler (USA), Danny Willett (ENG), Joaquin Niemann (CHI)

Tigermania continues on Friday but this leaderboard has an insanely similar look to the November 2020 edition.

Despite a slew of Masters top-10’s over the years, McIlroy has played his way into contention on just one Sunday since he took the lead into the final round in 2011. you guessed, it Dustin Johnson. The conditions this week have mimicked that November affair to an extent with plenty of wind and moisture, which has left Augusta to play long and soft. DJ is contending once again after an opening-round 69 and the leaderboard as a whole looks eerily similar to that November edition. Deep in the gallery along the 1st tee on Thursday, one patron whispered, “This should be interesting” as Woods prepared to strike his first tee shot. Woods's test of endurance begins now, and with every good score comes a later tee time and more time to recover. Because Woods is very much in contention after an opening 71, the stage is set for Friday to be equally electric.

The second round of the 86th Masters will begin at 14:00 (SA time) on Friday, 8 April with the field looking to make the halfway cut.

The second round of the 86th Masters will begin at 14:00 (SA time) on Friday, 8 April with the field looking to make the halfway cut. The second round of the 86th Masters will begin at 14:00 (SA time) on Friday, 8 April with the field looking to make the halfway cut. The second round of the 86th Masters will begin at 14:00 (SA time) on Friday, 8 April with the field looking to make the halfway cut.

Centurion - Debutant Garrick Higgo and 2011 champion Charl Schwartzel both carded level par 72s in the first round of The Masters at Augusta on Thursday.

Having made the turn in two-under, Schwartzel battled around Amen Corner with bogeys at 11 and then another at the par three 12th. His final birdie of the round came at the par three 16th as he moved back to level par. At the long and difficult par four 11th, Higgo made a double bogey to drop to three-over for his round.

The four-time major winner from Northern Ireland shared 31st after 18 holes at Augusta National.

"I wish I could have gotten more out of the round, but it was pretty stress free." "I feel like it was the worst I could have shot today. "I hit 12 fairways and 14 greens and just didn't really get a lot out of the round.

McIlroy, chasing a career Grand Slam and first major title since the PGA Championship in 2014, is six shots behind leader Sungjae Im in Georgia in a tie for ...

"I think I hit 12 fairways and 14 greens and just didn't really get a lot out of the round. I don't really care where I am at on the leaderboard, it doesn't matter. Rory McIlroy: "I don't really care where I am on the leaderboard, it doesn't matter. It's a pretty special place." "I hit the ball well from tee to green in the most part, I am pleased with that [although] I want to work on my putting. I hit the ball well from tee to green in the most part, I am pleased with that";watch The Masters throughout the week exclusively live on Sky Sports Golf, with bonus feeds via red button

The five-time champion is in the mix after the first round of a Masters tournament in which few thought he could even play, much less be in contention.

There was that edge to that answer, the edge that provided the reason to show up here. He didn’t even have to be in view for that to be the case. Afterward, Woods emerged from the clubhouse to address a gaggle of reporters. It ended up at the back of the green. He used his mind to recover from near-jail situations at the seventh and the 18th — pars from the pinestraw that combined creativity with calculus. But he also delivered the golf. There are no limits to what can be cheered when it comes to Woods at Augusta. There’s the normal stuff, as when he stuck his tee shot at the par-3 sixth to two feet. He shot a 74. Which describes the Masters when he’s a factor: fantastic. When Woods was asked whether there was victory merely in doing what he did Thursday — shooting a steady, 1-under par 71 on a rebuilt right leg that now houses enough hardware to fill an aisle at Home Depot — his answer was swift: “Yes.” They’ve seen the pictures, and they’ve come over the house. The first version Woods has played before, and at 46, he’s here for it again, with the requisite juices flowing.

Back playing the Masters after a career-threatening car crash, Tiger Woods said he thought he could win a sixth Green Jacket and on Thursday made a few more ...

The 46-year-old, wearing a pink shirt and black pants, had his game face on as he walked out to the first tee where the entire length of the par-four 445-yard opening hole was lined with thousands of spectators. Woods said he was prepared to play with pain and at times noticeably limped as he made his way around the undulating layout regarded as one of the toughest walks on the PGA Tour. "So, to have the patrons fully out and to have that type of energy out there was awesome to feel.

The rods, pins and screws that hold Tiger Woods' leg together held up under an 18-hole stress test that saw him walk well behind his rivals and use a club ...

"This course is going to change and it's going to get a lot more difficult." I've just got to get out there where I can play." Those are two totally different ends of the spectrum." "Lots of treatments. They've seen the pictures." "If you would have seen how my leg looked to where it's at now - some of the guys know.

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The 2022 Masters is off and running with a stacked leaderboard featuring many of the best golfers and little air between them.

Hit the links below to tune into the Featured Groups channel and watch complete rounds from some of the best golfers in the game, spend your day surveying Amen Corner or view all the action at Holes 15 & 16. Also, hit up our Masters live leaderboard coverage for updated scores and highlights throughout Round 2. He made the most of that decision, posting a 1-under 71 with a few birdies and a handful of par saves in a performance that was as vintage Tiger as one could hope to see given his extended layoff. - Holes 15 & 16-- 11:15 a.m. to 7 p.m. - Holes 4, 5 & 6-- 9:25 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. (Masters.com) AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The 2022 Masters is off and running with a stacked leaderboard featuring many of the best golfers and little air between them. - Amen Corner-- 10:20 a.m. to 6 p.m. Anticipation reached a fever pitch ahead of the Masters as Tiger Woods decided to play competitive golf for the first time in 14 months. - Featured Groups-- 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. - Masters on the Range: 8:30-10:30 a.m. (CBS Sports Network) No worries: We have you covered. CBS Sports is offering live coverage of the 2022 Masters from start to finish Friday with our myriad of Masters Live streaming options.

Among the top players in the world Tiger edged on Thursday: Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland and defending champion ...

7:40 a.m.: It is a chilly morning in Augusta. Two-time U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Stewart Hagestad and 1988 Masters champion Sandy Lyle start things up at 8 a.m., and it was frigid for their warm-ups on the range. And the scoring average was 73.83 on Day 1, plenty tough for Thursday. 8:47 a.m.: We are now almost an hour into play, and we're still waiting for a birdie in the second round. That's how you score well at Augusta National, and the Canadian—with two top 10s the past few years—is keeping up his great play so far. Here are the pin positions for Friday's second round. 9:49 a.m.: Our Day 1 leader has dropped a shot early on Friday. Sungjae Im moves back to 4-under with an unforced error at the opening hole. Christiaan Bezuidenhout bogeyed No. 1 but then birdied the second hole to put a red number on the board ... about an hour into the morning tee times. Just ahead of him at the par-5 second, Harold Varner III makes birdie to get to two under. That would include Tiger Woods, who did not disappoint on Thursday. As he often does at Augusta National, he captivated the patrons at Augusta National with a gritty 1-under 71 to put him just four back of Sungjae Im’s lead. Still, he's in red figures at one under, just four off the lead. That’s why Friday is so essential—make the cut (top 50 and ties) and you’ll very well have a chance with this possible weather. Back at No. 1, Dustin Johnson gets his second round underway with a par.

Step by painful step, Tiger Woods made an amazing return to golf at the Masters, yet the key to his green jacket chances could come from icy recovery ...

"This course is going to change and it's going to get a lot more difficult." I've just got to get out there where I can play." Those are two totally different ends of the spectrum." Woods spent weeks hospitalised and months unable to walk. They've seen the pictures." "If you would have seen how my leg looked to where it's at now - some of the guys know.

Tiger Woods, making an incredible comeback 14 months after suffering severe leg injuries in a car crash, fired a one-under par 71 on Thursday for a solid ...

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South Korea's Sungjae Im is the leader after shooting a 5-under par 67 in Thursday's first round, while Tiger Woods is four shots back in his return to ...

Augusta National Chairman Fred Ridley said Mickelson was invited but chose not to play. In other words, Friday should give us plenty to talk about as the Masters field is winnowed down to the top 50 and ties. That left one of those curious situations when a threesome becomes a twosome, and the twosome has to cope with finishing shots rapidly and standing around waiting, and in one of life’s nuances, standing around can end up more tiring than moving. “I get quite choked [up] when I get on that tee this morning,” said the eldest of the trio, Gary Player, 86, a three-time winner here. I don’t kind of belong in the same realm as these two players here.” Two strokes later he was in with a bogey, one of nine already at the first hole on Friday (compared with only one birdie). Only Woods can imagine what it might feel like after three more loops around this undulating layout, where every stance seems to demand that one hip be cocked above the other. They’ve seen the pictures, and they’ve come over the house. When Woods was asked whether there was victory merely in doing what he did Thursday — shooting a steady, 1-under par 71 on a rebuilt right leg that now houses enough hardware to fill an aisle at Home Depot — his answer was swift: “Yes.” Tiger Woods likely will never have a pain-free round for the rest of his life, thanks to the severe injuries he suffered in his February 2021 car crash. The first version Woods has played before, and at 46, he’s here for it again, with the requisite juices flowing. Day 2 of the Masters is here and Tiger Woods is within striking distance of the lead.

Huge galleries and familiar roars through the Augusta pines told the story of the day as 46-year-old Tiger Woods put himself in contention after the first ...

“We (the early starters) definitely got the easier side of the draw. Some of the guys teeing off now (afternoon field), it’s going to be windy, and I’m sure the greens are probably already dried up.” Oosthuizen did not speak to the media after the round. Left-hander Garrick Higgo, one of the early starters, posted a solid 72 while 2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel also carded 72. He is four back of South Korea’s Im Sung-jae, who is alone atop the leaderboard after posting a five-under 67 highlighted by an eagle at the par-five 13th. “I did something positive today,” said Woods. “I was able to finish up in the red.

The South African, a runner-up at Augusta National in 2012, withdrew prior to his second round with an injury.

Oosthuizen's injury was not disclosed, though he had been sidelined earlier this season with back problems. Woods will now play as a twosome alongside Joaquin Niemann of Chile. Louis Oosthuizen withdrew from the 86th Masters on Friday prior to his second round with an injury.

Amen Corner, one of the most recognisable stretches in golf, can make or break a round at The Masters.

It is called Azalea with approximately 1,600 azaleas decorating the hole from tee to green. Coverage is also available on Sky Sports Golf (Sky channel 405) via the red button. Hole No 11, a par four called White Dogwood, has been extended by 15 yards this year.

Tiger Woods began his second round at the Masters with a bogey to drop back to even par for the tournament.

The big test for Woods is how his legs hold up. This is the only major in which Woods has never missed the cut as a professional. Sunjae Im starts the day with a one-shot lead after a 5-under 67. That number could thin with the cut looming. Five-time green jacket winner Tiger Woods is part of the afternoon session. Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson is 2 under for the day and 1 under for the tournament through seven. Im wobbled early, flubbing a recovery shot at the par-4 first in which the ball failed to reach the green and rolled back down the hill toward his feet. Oosthuizen cited an injury as the reason. Schwartzel put together five birdies, including one on the par-3 16th that he set up with a beautiful tee shot to within 4 feet. ___ His approach shot landed to the right of the green. ___