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>> reporter: after the update the sports world was waiting for.... >> i feel like i am going to play. >> reporter: tiger woods told reporters today that 14 months after the car crash that almost cost him his right leg, he is back here at augusta with one goal. >> if i can still compete at the highest level, im going to. i dont show up to an event unless i think i can win it. ree walking six miles or more each round over the hilly terrain of augusta national. though hisid practice rounds has look...

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When his car crashed on a winding road near l.a. on february 23rd of last year. law enforcement officers said there would have been a much different outcome had he not had certain safety features in his vehicle. >> thankfully, the interior was more or less intact, which kind of gave him the cushion to survive what otherwise would have been a fatal crash. >> his leg was basically crushed under the weight of an suv. it looked life-threatening initially. certainly career threatening. and he was in ...

Brian todd explains how woods got to this point and the challenges hell face on his return to augusta. >> reporter: tiger woods said right after his horrific accident 14 months ago there was a chance one of his legs might have to be amputated. ed on tuesday he said the words many thought would never come. >> as of right now, i feel like i am going to play. just rumors of a comeback drew a large crowd of fans now that he is playing competitively. >> the tv ratings should just go through the roof....

That mr woods was able to come out of this alive. just to walk again was a challenge. but this is woods this week at augusta. hes won the masters five times and now on thursday wants another go. well, as of right now, ifeel like i am going to play. as of right now. ive had to endure pain before and this is different. obviously, this is a lot more traumatic what has transpired to my leg. do you think you can win the masters this week? i i do. i feel like if i can still compete at the highest leve...

Date circumstaled on the calende did the father/son tournament, i think it was all to get ready for the moment, the masters is so important to him, so crucial to his entire career, successes and coming back from adversity in the past. it is not the golf itself. that could be the issue here. the swinging of the clubs. what he is most concerned about? >> the walking. it is funny, it is so simple, tigers career spanned so many decades, so many injuries and been so complicated and now it is so simpl...

For prostate cancer. koeman, who most recently managed barcelona, was in charge of the dutch national side between 2018 and 2020. he said in a statement that he was "very much looking "forward to this new challenge, on to achieving new "successes together." and the final preparations are under way in augusta, borisjohnson said he doesnt believe trans women should compete in sporting events. the issue looking at inclusion has recently been highlighted in the case of british transgender cyclist em...

Its going to be a tough challenge. a challenge im up for. >> bill: we will be watching. jim gray is back in augusta. tough assignment. thank you for your time yesterday and today. bring us the news. a lot of bad weather. more coming up later today. what have you heard from tigers camp lately? >> well, we watched tiger woods. he played nine holes this morning. out early this morning practicing, played nine holes and so he is already off the course and the rain is expected. it may impact the par 3...

Youre looking at pictures there of the aftermath. joining me is golf digest staff writer dan rapaport. always good to see you. i have to confess, im not sure i understand the suspense that tiger himself created this week. he went back to augusta, planning to play, nevertheless, this return is very dramatic. just explain to us how big a deal it is. >> couldnt be a bigger deal. consider where he was 14 months ago, his right leg crushed by the weight of an suv, the images you saw, it looked life th...

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