Butch Harmon: Competing at Augusta would be Woods' greatest Masters achievement

File photo dated 22-07-2018 of Tiger Woods. Tiger Woods won his first major title in the 1997 Masters, overcoming a nightmare start to storm to a record-breaking 12-shot victory. Issue date: Thursday March 31, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story GOLF Woods Moments. Photo credit should read Jane Barlow/PA Wire.

If Tiger Woods not only plays the Masters next week but competes for the Green Jacket, Butch Harmon believes the achievement will be greater than the former number one’s comeback victory at Augusta National in 2019.

The will he, won’t he intrigue of whether Woods, 46, will tee it up in Thursday’s opening round in Georgia is captivating golf fans across the world ahead of the year’s first major. The 15-time major champion suffered terrible injuries to his legs and ankle in a February 2021 car crash in California and later admitted he feared he would lose a leg. The American underwent surgeries to repair several compound fractures in both legs and his shattered ankle but returned to competitive golf when he partnered 12-year-old son Charlie at the PNC Championship in Orlando last December.