Woods happy despite career-high score
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods finished the Masters on Sunday with a record he could do without, walking off the course with a 16-over 304, his highest 72-hole score in a career that spans three decades.
Woods’ previous high was 302 at the Memorial in 2015. He has only failed to break 300 one other time at the Masters two years ago when he shot 78-78 on the weekend and finished at 301.
Despite the score, Woods called it a “good week" and said he's going to begin preparing for the other three majors including the PGA Championship in May, the U.S. Open in June and the British Open in July.
“This is a golf course I knew going into it, so I’m going to do my homework going forward at Pinehurst, Valhalla and Troon,” Woods said. “But that’s kind of the game plan.”
Overall, he wasn't unhappy with how he played.
“Coming in here, not having played a full tournament in a very long time, it was a good fight on Thursday and Friday,” Woods said. “Unfortunately (Saturday) didn’t quite turn out the way I wanted it to."
Title eludes McIlroy again
For Rory McIlroy, the wait continues.
It will be 11 years before next he comes to Augusta National in an attempt to win the Masters and, finally, complete his career Grand Slam. It wasn’t to be in Year 10.
McIlroy finished the 2024 Masters at 4-over par. He shot 71-77-71-73. The Friday second-round 77 sticking out like a sore thumb and ruining any realistic chance to get the coveted title.
“I don’t really know what to say,” McIlroy said. “Just sort of felt like my game was okay and managed it pretty well, but obviously Friday was a really tough day, and losing five shots sort of put me in a pretty difficult position going into the weekend.
“Then the conditions were pretty tough. The greens are crusty and firm and hard to get the ball super close and hard to make a ton of birdies. Once you get seven or eight back going into the weekend here, it’s hard to make up that ground.”