Tiger Woods Says He Intends to Play the Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Approaching 14 months since the car wreck that led doctors to weigh a leg amputation, Tiger Woods said Tuesday that he intended to play in the Masters Tournament.

Woods, who has won the event at Augusta National Golf Club five times, had signaled in recent days that he would perhaps join the field in the tournament, which will begin on Thursday. But his announcement, during a news conference at Augusta on Tuesday morning, represented the most definitive public step toward a return to the rigors of competition on his game’s most spectacular, tradition-bound stages.

“As of right now, I feel like I am going to play,” Woods, 46, said on Tuesday. Asked whether he believed that he could win his sixth green jacket at Augusta on Sunday, Woods replied, “I do.”

“I love competing, and I feel like if I can still compete at the highest level, I’m going to,” said Woods, who later added that he would not “show up to an event unless I think I can win it.”

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