Woods celebrates — for good reason

AUGUSTA, GA. — Tiger Woods raised his arms in victory.

After his tee shots at the 12th hole in the first two rounds of the 2018 Masters found water, who could blame him?

Woods bogeyed the hole Thursday and Friday when his hits finished in Rae’s Creek. On Saturday, his tee shot safely found the green. After raising his arms, Woods made the safe sign with a big smile.

“How about that?” Woods said. “You know, I just, I just couldn’t do it three days in a row. I just couldn’t do it. And I gave it a little bit more gas on it and made sure that I was long if I did miss, and I hit a good one in there. And missed the putt, but, hey, you know, that’s a lot easier to play the hole from the green than it is dropping.”

A 3 is certainly better than a 4. Woods finished the third round with an even-par round and remains at 4 over for the tournament. By making the cut, Woods is poised to re-enter the top 100 in the world golf rankings. He was last in the top 100 in March 2015. He entered the 82nd Masters at No. 103.

“I’m going to guess (I was ranked) like over 1,400 or something, whatever it was. But to gradually kind of build my way back into it, I’ve had some success in this comeback and I’m getting there. I wish this week would have been a little bit better, hopefully tomorrow I can shoot something, get me to even par or even in the red,” he said.