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you don t see the hills on tv. but i watched him walk up that first fairway in his practice round on monday as the throngs, the masses were following him like it was a sunday afternoon. i watched him walk up that hill, and he looked older. his shoulders were hunched. and he was going much slower. those hills are going to be brutal on him. reporter: still, woods says he wouldn t be playing if he didn t think he could win, which would be his sixth masters title and his 16th major tournament win. can he pull it off? i don t expect him to win, but again, i m done doubting tiger woods. i ve done it too many times and i have been forced to eat my words way too many times. one of woods s biggest motivations to play and one of the great joys of his life is playing with his 13-year-old son, charlie, who he s been playing practice rounds with in recent weeks. dan rapoport of golf digest says charlie woods has a perfect swing and a great coach but it s too early to speculate if charlie
it transcends sports. reporter: police said tiger woods was driving 85 miles an hour in a 45-mile-an-hour zone when his car crashed on a winding road near l.a. on february 23rd of last year. law enforcement officers said there would have been a much different outcome had he not had certain safety features in his vehicle. thankfully, the interior was more or less intact, which kind of gave him the cushion to survive what otherwise would have been a fatal crash. his leg was basically crushed under the weight of an suv. it looked life-threatening initially, certainly career-threatening, and he was in a hospital bed for three months. reporter: after multiple surgeries and a rod, plates and screws placed in his leg and excruciating rehab, tiger woods now says it s not his swing that s the issue. i can hit it just fine. and i don t have any qualms about what i can do physically from a golf standpoint. it s now walking s the hard part. reporter: and analysts say the course at augu
wolf, tiger woods says he wouldn t even be here, wouldn t say he could play if he didn t think he could win this tournament. now we re anticipating a huge tv audience tuning in to see if hemihe can pull it off on golf s biggest stage. tiger woods said that right after his horrific car accident almost 14 months ago, there was a chance one of his legs might have had to be amputated. today, he said the words many thought might never come, just ahead of golf s premier tournament, the masters. as of right now, i feel like i am going to play. as of right now. the 46-year-old is scheduled to tee off on thursday morning when the masters begins at augusta national golf club. just rumors of a tiger comeback when he played some practice rounds yesterday drew a large crowd of fans. now that he s playing competitively. the tv ratings should just go through the roof. they ll be tiger-esque as they always are, but this time, it s like we ve stepped into a movie set, you know? this story is ju
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