The ‘awful’ shot Tiger Woods admitted he hit during the final round of the 2019 Masters straight after winning the tournament

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Tiger Woods is synonymous with The Masters and Augusta National, having won the tournament a stunning five times.

Woods thinks controlling trajectory is paramount at Augusta, which is the site of five of his 15 major championship wins.

It is also the site of his most recent success, with Woods completing an incredible Masters comeback in 2019.

Injury has, however, unfortunately ruled the 82-time PGA Tour winner from competing at this year’s Masters, which gets underway next week.

Woods is still likely to be close to the action, but won’t be taking part after recently undergoing Achilles tendon surgery.

Tiger Woods admitted he hit an ‘awful’ tee shot during the final round of the 2019 Masters

But he will forever have his five wins at Augusta National, with Woods having gone into great detail about his Sunday round in his 2019 winning press conference.

Asked if there was anything specific he relied on after his tee shot on 11, he replied: “No. Nothing specific.

“Because I felt like that was probably the strongest part of my game all week was driving the golf ball. I’ve been working on trying to shape the golf ball both ways coming into this event, and was able to do that.

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“And yeah, the tee shot at 11 was awful. You know, I leaned on it, trying to hit it… trying to flight it a little bit and it got stuck underneath there. Had a shot.

“I just kept saying, if I can just sneak out of here with a par, we have a lot of golf left. We have two par 5s, a gettable pin at 14, another one at 17 and anything could happen up 18.

“So I just said, just keep plodding along, and then next thing you know, I see Brooksy (Brooks Koepka) make a mistake at 12. Francesco [Molinari] made a mistake at 12. Patrick [Cantlay] was making a run up ahead. DJ (Dustin Johnson) was making a run. Xander was making a run.

“There were so many different scenarios that evolved, and I was looking at the leaderboard coming off 13 green and there’s six, seven guys with a chance to win the tournament.

“Just kept telling myself, I have, along with Francesco, we have the most holes to play, so whatever they do, I’ll just birdie the same holes, then it’s a moot point.

“As you know, I birdied 13, I birdied 15 with two good shots in there, and almost whooped it at 16. That gave me the cush, and I kept telling myself on 17, that tee shot, I said, I’ve been in this position before.

“I had a two‑shot lead with [Chris] DiMarco and went bogey, bogey. Let’s go ahead and pipe this ball right down the middle. Hit a little flat squeezer out there and I did, I just smoked it. I made par there.

“Then 18, I said, hey, it’s not over yet. Arnold lost the tournament and lost the hole with a double. So let’s keep the hammer down.

“Brooksy could still make birdie up 18 and I could make bogey and next thing you know we’re in a playoff, so let’s get this ball in play. I did, and I saw him tap out for par, and that gave me the cush knowing that I could make bogey.

“And I had a little bit of mud on my golf ball playing that shot, and I said just make sure I overcut this thing; don’t undercut it.

“Overcut it to the right. And I did. I whoofed it and hit it over to the right and I was able to put that ball on the green and two‑putt.”

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It was a simply unforgettable round from Woods, who attracted huge crowds with his phenomenal comeback.

He hadn’t won a major championship since the 2008 US open, while his most recent win at Augusta before then was all the way back in 2005.

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Woods wasn’t even in the top six after round one in 2019 after his opening 70, but moved to T6 after a second round 68.

The legendary figure followed that up with a round three 67 to rise to T2, with a final round 70 moving him one clear of Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Xander Schauffele.