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Tiger Woods ‘trying everything’ to get fit for the Masters

Four-time Green Jacket winner has not played since February’s Dubai Desert Classic

Tiger Woods said he is ‘trying everything’ to be fit for next month’s Masters. Photograph: Francois Nel/Getty

Mon Mar 20 2017 - 14:06

Tiger Woods insists he is “trying everything” to be able to play at the Masters at Augusta National next month.

Woods has not featured at a competitive event since a back injury forced him to withdraw from the Omega Dubai Desert Classic before the start of his second round on February 3rd.

But the 41-year-old, who has won the Masters on four occasions, is hoping to return in time for the first major championship of the year, which begins on April 6th.

When asked whether he thinks he will get a chance to play at the Masters this year, Woods told Good Morning America: “God, I hope so.

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“I’m trying. I’m trying everything extra to be able to get back and play.

“I love that event. It’s meant so much to me in my life. It was the first major that I ever played, back in ‘95.

“It has so much history and meaning to me, I’d love to get back.

“I need to get back physically. I know that the mind is sharp, I just need to get the body willing to do it.”

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