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# The Masters 2011: Tiger Woods falters as Augusta holds its breath
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## The volunteer at cart central waiting to deliver her next journalistic
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cargo to the Augusta National media centre was in no doubt.
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![The Masters 2011: Tiger Woods on the charge as Augusta holds its breath
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All smiles: Tiger Woods (right) celebrates sinking a birdie putt on the 18th
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with caddie Steve Williams in Augusta Photo: REUTERS
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[![Kevin Garside][2]][3]
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By [Kevin Garside][4], Augusta 12:01AM BST 10 Apr 2011
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[Follow Kevin Garside on Twitter][5]
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[Comments][6]
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Tiger Woods would be the last man standing on Sunday. It is unlikely that she
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saw anything of Woods's storming of the leaderboard late on Friday afternoon.
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The conviction she was expressing was an awakening of an old attachment that
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had lain dormant these past 18 months. She did not have to watch him play,
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only to hear the cheers. She knew who was knocking down flags on the back nine
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in the lengthening shadows.
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Her condition is shared by the majority here; a deeply embedded feeling that
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Woods was always coming back. It is a sentiment that borders on the religious
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since it ignores much of the reality. Were our driver to have scrutinised
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Woods's second round, there was no basis for her claim on the evidence of the
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outward nine. Woods started with the mixed bag that has characterised much of
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his work under the aegis of coach Sean Foley; bogey, birdie, bogie. Then boom.
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Woods birdied eight, nine and 10 to move into the top 10. A shiver rippled
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through the pines that had nothing to do with the strengthening breeze.
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Jason Day, KJ Choi and Alvaro Quiros were all worthy contenders in pursuit of
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the McIlroy but none carry the ballast of Woods in the calculations of patrons
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and television producers. The Tiger charge is the biggest ticket in golf.
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Augusta was witnessing a rebirth. The Woods of old was back, and it took only
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three holes for Tiger fever to consume the place.
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Would it continue? Could Woods string two rounds together and really contend?
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The reception at the first yesterday was predictably raucous. The weather had
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wrapped a muggy blanket around Augusta necessitating constant refuelling.
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Water was not the chosen tipple. Woods hit a peach down the middle only to
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find a divot. The Tiger Society sighed as his approach came up short, the
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prelude to an opening bogey.
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The smiles returned at the third with his first birdie of the day. A poor tee
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shot at the fourth cost him another shot to par. Maybe it was going to be one
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of those days. The eighth came and went without a repeat of day two's
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eruption. At least for Woods. Playing partner Choi walked off with his birdie
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and sank another at the ninth to reach the turn nine under par, one off the
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lead.
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## Related Articles
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* [McIlroy keeps cool to lead world][7]
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09 Apr 2011
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* [Woods: I'm now back in the mix][8]
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09 Apr 2011
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* [Partisan fans fail to lift Mickelson][9]
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08 Apr 2011
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* [Final round as it happened][10]
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10 Apr 2011
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* [McIlroy leads after magnificent 65][11]
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07 Apr 2011
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* [Fisher and McIlroy set Masters pace][12]
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07 Apr 2011
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Would the lava flow for Tiger? His approach had the patrons setting off
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flares, pitching forward before gripping the turf and spinning back sharply
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towards the hole. Eight feet for glory. Not this time. Woods set off for the
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back nine at six under, four behind leader McIlroy.
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We are all conditioned by the Woods phenomenon, living through a history
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shaped by 14 major championships. The players are as fascinated with Woods as
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the galleries. This is the view of Lee Westwood, a player ranked No 2 in the
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world and making his own bid for the big prize. "It is nice to see Tiger
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playing well. I think the tournaments and the game of golf are always better
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when Tiger is up there."
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It was pointed out to his former coach Hank Haney that Woods was striking the
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ball well for no return on the greens. "You can't make them all," Haney said.
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That maxim also applied to the day's supernovas. Adam Scott was six under for
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his round approaching the last. A bunker off the tee stalled his ambition and
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the par putt slipped by. Bo Van Pelt was another to explode on to the
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leaderboard playing the 18th five under for his round, only to drop a shot at
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the last.
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Woods knows the rules. Do not go chasing what can not be caught. Wait for your
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luck to turn.
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Despite dropping a shot at the last yesterday, at five under par he is not
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completely out of this.
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## [The Masters][18]
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* ### [Sport »][19]
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* ### [Kevin Garside »][3]
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* ### [Golf »][20]
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* ### [Tiger Woods »][21]
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In sport
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[![The Masters 2011: after the choke][22] ][23]
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### [After the choke][23]
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[![][24] ][25]
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### [The Masters: final round][25]
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[![The Masters 2011: Rory McIlroy is a carefree dreamer with the golf world at
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his feet][26] ][27]
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