article_snippet.sent: Tiger Woods ended a week of speculation and debate over the state of his game by announcing on Friday that Four-time Masters champion will play next week in the Masters.
article_snippet.sent: The 39-year-old played an 18-hole practice round on Tuesday at Augusta National, and Golf Channel said Four-time Masters champion was seen on the practice range Friday morning at the club. '
article_snippet.sent: I'm playing in the Masters,' Woods said on Four-time Masters champion website. '
article_snippet.sent: Woods announced on Friday that Four-time Masters champion will be playing at the Masters in Augusta next week (above Woods at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines on February 5) Four-time Masters champion said: 'I've worked a lot on his game, and I'm looking forward to competing.
article_snippet.sent: I'm excited to get to Augusta Woods, a four-time Masters champion,
article_snippet.sent: last competed at the Farmers Insurance Open on February 5 at Torrey Pines when Four-time Masters champion walked off the course after 11 holes because of tightness in Four-time Masters champion lower back, and after another shockingly bad display of chipping.
article_snippet.sent: Four-time Masters champion will have gone nine weeks without competition when Four-time Masters champion hits Four-time Masters champion opening tee shot on Thursday at the Masters, which is not unprecedented for Woods.
article_snippet.sent: After two trips to Augusta National this week, Woods announced Four-time Masters champion return to the competition (above Woods at the Phoenix open on January 30)
article_snippet.sent: Woods hits a shot on the fourth hole during the final round of the 2013 Masters Tournament at Augusta National in April 2013 .
article_snippet.sent: The last time Woods took an extended break before the Masters, Four-time Masters champion had won Four-time Masters champion previous tournament at the Masters.
article_snippet.sent: Woods has plunged to No. 104 in the world ranking, Four-time Masters champion lowest spot since a week before Four-time Masters champion first professional victory in 1996.
article_snippet.sent: Woods missed the Masters the Masters last year because of back surgery to alleviate a pinched nerve.
article_snippet.sent: Woods celebrated making the winning putt on the 18th green during the 2005 Masters Golf Tournament at Augusta National .
article_snippet.sent: Woods will be closely watched during the Masters tournament next week, said former PGA champion Paul Azinger (above Phil Mickelson shakes hands with Woods after Four-time Masters champion won the Masters in 2005)
article_snippet.sent: A week after withdrawing in the middle of Four-time Masters champion round at Torrey Pines, Woods announced that Four-time Masters champion game and scores were unacceptable and Four-time Masters champion would not return until Four-time Masters champion felt Four-time Masters champion could compete at the highest level.
article_snippet.sent: Second-hand reports have ranged from Woods playing well at Four-time Masters champion home club of The Medalist in South Florida to making five birdies in a round of 74 at Augusta National earlier this week.
highlights_snippet.sent: Woods last competed on February 5 at the Farmers Insurance Open when Four-time Masters champion walked off the course because of tightness in Four-time Masters champion lower back .