Tiger makes the cut on tough day
Tiger Woods said things did not go his way, "partly because of the conditions" and partly because of himself.
Still he managed to pull himself after seeming to be in danger of ending his streak of cuts made at the Masters as he opened the day with four bogeys in first five holes.
Woods made a terrific comeback with four birdies against two more bogeys for a day's work of 2-over 74 that put him at oneover 145 for 36 holes and kept him inside Top-20 at tied 19th.
After almost a week of a suspense on whether or not he would tee or whether his body would hold at the hilly Augusta National Golf Club, Woods took the plunge and returned to competitive golf for the first time since the 2020 Masters, which was held in November.
He later laughed and said, he kept "breaking his body, while his team was fixing it" daily.
Woods had three birdies, two bogeys on the first day and then had 2-over 74 on a second day when the conditions were very difficult for most of the time except a brief spell in the evening.
Woods will now play on the weekend at Augusta National for the 22nd consecutive time. His 22-straight made cuts is the third-longest streak in Masters history.
Scottie Scheffler, who rose from being without a PGA Tour win to three in 42 days and rise to World No. 1 showed extraordinary form.
Scheffler played the day's equal best round alongside Justin Thomas for a 5-under and opened up a five-shot lead over the four-man pack of defending champion, Hideki Matsuyama (72-69), Charl Schwartzel (72-69), Shane Lowry (73-68) and Korea's Sungjae Im (67-74).