The 2020 Masters finally begins Thursday and Tiger Woods will start the defense of his fifth Green Jacket when he tees off on the 10th hole at 7:55 a.m. ET.
Tiger enters this tournament full of question marks, as his game hasn’t been that great this year and his health is always a concern, especially since it’s supposed to be a wet day at Augusta National on Thursday.
Tiger also will be continuing his chase of Jack Nicklaus’ major championship wins, a record that will likely stand but you never know.
Well, maybe Tiger will add another one this week because these stats offered by Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee are absolutely wild and mind blowing:
Jack Nicklaus won his 6th Masters in 1986, 23 years after his first. He was ranked 33rd in the world going into that week.
If Tiger wins this week, it will be his 6th Masters, 23 years after his first. He is ranked 33rd in the world going into this week.
— Brandel Chamblee (@chambleebrandel) November 11, 2020
Whoa, right?
And now I’m off to put all of my money on Tiger.