Tiger Woods explains "awfully lonely" experience of making a 10 at The Masters
Tiger Woods made a nightmare of the par-3 12th hole at Augusta National, but bounced back in style to finish his final round strong.
Tiger Woods explained that golf can be "awfully lonely" at times after he made a 10 at the par-3 12th at Augusta National during the final round of The Masters.
The 15-time major champion was defending his Masters title and although he drifted from the top of the leaderboard over the weekend, Woods was still in a respectable position.
The 12th hole at Augusta then proved what a cruel mistress it can be, with Woods sending three balls into the water and walking off the green with a 7-over par 10 for the hole.
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Many golfers would have collapsed after making shooting double-digits on a par-3, but Woods showed why he is a class above the rest, making a birdie at the next and closing with four birdies in-a-row.
Following his round, as he prepared for the green jacket presentation ceremony with champion Dustin Johnson, Woods explained that committing to the wrong wind proved costly.
"I committed to the wrong wind," said Tiger, discussing what went wrong at the 12th. "The wind was off the right for the first two guys, and then when I stepped up there, it switched to howling off the left.
"I didn't commit to the wind, and I also got ahead of it and pushed it, too, because I thought the wind would come more off the right and it was off the left, and that just started the problem from there.
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"From there I hit a lot more shots and had a lot more experiences there in Rae's Creek, and then this is unlike any other sport in which you're so alone out there and you have to figure it out and you have to fight and no one is going to pull you off the bump and you just have to figure it out, and I did coming in.
"That's part of our sport. As I was saying in there earlier, this sport is awfully lonely sometimes. You have to fight it, nobody is going to bring you off the mound or call in a sub.
"You have to fight through it. That's what makes this game so unique and so difficult mentally. We've all been there, unfortunately. Unfortunately I've been there and you just have to turn around and figure out the next shot, and I was able to do that coming home."
