AUGUSTA (UNITED STATES) – Tiger Woods’s hopes of a victorious return from career-threatening injuries evaporated on Augusta National’s greens on Saturday while Scottie Scheffler seized a three-stroke Masters lead.
Woods, 14 months removed from a car crash that left him with injuries so severe he feared he might lose his right leg, saw his hopes of a stunning comeback for a sixth green jacket come undone with his worst-ever Masters round, a six-over par 78.
The fact that the 46-year-old was even able to tee it up — and make a 22nd consecutive Masters cut — was astonishing.
But at nine off Scheffler’s lead to start the day, Woods knew he…
