The impressive shots on the water that surprised all the spectators at the Augusta Masters

Although the vast majority of foci in the Augusta Masters pointed to the return of Tiger Woods to professional activity, on the day before the first day of competition, the talents that will participate in the event began to show part of their repertoire. In the contest Per 3 that took place in the holes of the renowned Augusta National Golf Club, Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose They were in charge of lifting the public from their seats with two impressive blows.

The theme of the competition is to finish the hole in three strokes or less. With a gap in the middle, the British competitor calculated the distance to try a firm hit that makes the ball bounce on the surface of the water without sinking. Before the attentive eyes of those present, he managed to leave the ball a few meters from the desired goal, generating an ovation from the public.

However, he would not be the only one to achieve it: the South African also used the same resource and achieved a similar result. Two consecutive shots with a very high degree of difficulty with the particularity that Rose’s ended up hitting the ball of his colleague and moving it away from the final hole. Being nothing more than a friendly event, all was left in laughter and congratulations among the golfers who, starting this Thursday, will compete in search of putting on the characteristic green bag.

“It was a lovely shot”, Fleetwood told reporters after his round. And he added with a defiant tone in view of the main event that will take place between April 7 and 10: “It is very good to have a blow like that in the Masters. Now three very competitive days are coming. Suddenly, the executions come out just as I imagine them in my head. I will try to repeat it.”

All expectations are placed on the return of Tiger, who this Wednesday plans to play a nine-hole practice round to make the final decision after seeing how his physique responds to the effort. “It’s about how my body is going to recover and what my body can do the next day,” explained the 15-time Grand Slam winner in front of the microphones after having played practice rounds of nine holes in the last two days.

It is worth remembering that the 46-year-old golfer he was hospitalized for weeks and was unable to walk for months after a car accident in february 2021. The opening of Woods in Thursday’s first round would be one of the most surprising injury comebacks in the sport’s history, as the five-time Masters champion has not officially played since defending his title at the 2020 Masters.

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