images, seeing tiger back. i saw one man with a young kid on his shoulders. one woman lifting her daughter in front of her blocking her own view so her daughter could get a look of the g.o.a.t. in action. tiger woods has won the green jacket five times. he s had 14 top ten finishes at the masters. joining me now, cnn sports analyst christine brennan and patrick mcenroe. christine, you re there as well. your latest column, again, putting it perfectly in how extraordinary this is. you say, how many comebacks can one man have? it s a great question, christine. well, clearly the answer is, we don t know because tiger is on, what, about four or five, kate. and patrick, great to see you. he s still doing it. this is the one as coy was saying, both out there on the 1st tee. i never thought i d see this day. this man 14 months ago had that
he shot 7 over par. it was his worst opening round ever at the british open. things went south for him right off the 1st tee. tiger lined up his shot, hit it and started grimacing. never a good sign after four back surgeries. many had hoped tiger was back, but he gave a grim assessment of where he is physically. zble just the way it is. just father time and some procedures i ve had over the times. just the way it s going to be. . as i said, one of the reasons i m playing less tournaments this year is i can hopefully prolong my career. be out there a little bit longer. going into the first round, rory mcilroy was the favorite to win. he grew up right near royal portrush. but rory had an even worse day than tiger. he had a quadruple bogey on hole number 1. and then a triple bogey on hole 18.