Fans gather at the Masters leaderboard on Tuesday.Practice rounds for the Masters Tournament are underway in Augusta, and Tiger Woods is back trying to get his fifth green jacket.
Woods made a comeback recently, winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, Florida. That was his third tournament after knee surgery took him away from the game for eight months.
Woods spoke to reporters in Augusta on Tuesday.
Tiger Woods:
"I started hitting better and better, got my feel for the game again and went out and played at Bay Hill, which was nice. Those two tournaments prior to that allowed me to do that."This is Woods's 15th Masters. He's matched with Stewart Cink, a player from Georgia and Jeev Milkha Singh in the first round of play on Thursday.
Hear Tiger Woods talk about his comeback, his thoughts on the Augusta National course and more:
Hear Phil Mickelson talk about his rivalry with Tiger and his prospects for 2009:
Today is the last day of practice rounds. The Par 3 competition, a friendly game between golfers with their children serving as caddies, begins at 2 p.m. You can view it live at the Masters website. For more information on the Par 3 competition and the Masters, click here.
