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Tiger Woods was a big part of the conversation Monday at the Masters without even being at Augusta National. His absence stemming from his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence brought a degree of criticism from Jason Day.Florida authorities determined Woods was impaired March 27 when his Land Rover struck a trailer and flipped on its side on a residential street. They found two painkiller pills in his pocket. Woods was arrested and briefly jailed for refusing to submit to a urine test.He's just a human being like everyone else and we have struggles, Day said. "It's unfortunate. The only thing that I don't understand is that it's a little bit selfish of him to drive and put other people in harm's way, as well.But when you're the player that he was and how strong-willed he is, he thinks he can do almost anything, Day said. And that's probably why he's driving and a little bit under the influence.This is the second straight year Woods has missed the Masters, under entirely different circumstances. He had ruptured his Achilles tendon in March of 2025 and didn't even make it to the Masters Club dinner for champions.Woods entered a plea of not guilty last week, and then sought and was granted a motion to seek treatment outside the country.He was my hero he's my hero, said Day, the Australian who reached No. 1 in the world a decade ago. The reason why I play golf is because of this tournament and Tiger. Its hard to see him go through what hes going through, and especially under the microscope. It must be hard to be who he is and have everything, everyone look on, kind of down on him.Some people want him to fail. Some people obviously want him to succeed, Day said. Its really difficult for me to go through that and watch him, and I know that hes getting the help now, which is good. Im just hoping he comes out on the other side and is better.Woods is a five-time champion at the Masters, the last one in 2019 to complete a most remarkable comeback in golf. In the 14 years between winning green jackets, he had reconstructive knee surgery (2008) and four back surgeries (2014-17), and one arrest for taking what he said was a bad mix of painkillers when he was found asleep behind the wheel of his running car (2017).Since winning his last Masters, his right leg and ankle were crushed in 2021 when his SUV going about 85 mph ran over a median and tumbled down a hill on a coastal road in Los Angeles. He also had surgery on the Achilles tendon and a seventh back surgery last year.Nick Faldo was particularly critical of Woods in an interview with Britain's Daily Telegraph last week when he said, There are two sides to this right now. Theres one side thats like ... lets care for Tiger. And then there has got to be a responsibility and an accountability side as well.Forget about golf. We are not meant to be on the streets with two pills in our pocket, Faldo said. "The bottom line is that I really think that this is a serious issue and something should be done that is a little bit more serious than waving him off to a tropical island and saying, 'Welcome back, in three or four months or whatever it might be.Phil Mickelson, a three-time Masters champion who was a runner-up in 2023 at age 52, also is skipping the Masters as he deals with a family health matter at home. It's the first time since 1994 neither Woods nor Mickelson was at Augusta National for the first major of the year.Mickelson is with LIV Golf and plays on a big stage only four times a year at the majors. Jacob Bridgeman, one of the 22 newcomers to the Masters, didn't know Mickelson wasn't playing and is young enough in golf to have only played two majors with him last year.Woods is a huge part of the Masters, not only from the records he shattered in 1997 at age 21 but recently with his work on a short course during the refurbishing of a municipal course in town known as The Patch. He also is opening a TGR Learning Lab in Augusta.Hes such a legend in this game, somebody I looked up to, Harris English said. Watching him win around this place in 97 is kind of the reason I started getting into golf. I know hes going to get through this. He has a big fight ahead of him. Hes a fighter. Thats what he does.___AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf

Greg Norman has launched a scathing attack on Sir Nick Faldo in a bombshell interview just days before the 2026 Masters gets underway at Augusta National.The Australian golf legend declared he harbours lasting resentment towards the six-time major champion following Faldo's criticism of LIV Golf."We never had any sort of relationship. We were chalk and cheese. He was a loner. I couldn't be like him," Norman told Telegraph Sport.The 71-year-old, who served as LIV Golf's commissioner until his contract expired last September, was unequivocal about his feelings towards his former rival."I don't have any respect for someone who gives their opinion on something in that sort of manner when they don't know both sides," Norman stated.The interview comes three decades after one of golf's most infamous collapses, when Norman squandered a commanding six-shot advantage during the final round of the 1996 Masters.Faldo capitalised on Norman's disintegration to claim his third green jacket, with the Englishman playing a flawless 18 holes while his opponent's game fell apart spectacularly.Following Norman's capitulation, Faldo embraced him on the 18th green and whispered words of encouragement.Yet Norman has now dismissed that moment of apparent sportsmanship."He's the one who came up to me, he's the one who hugged me," Norman said. "He's the one who said, 'don't let those bastards get to you'. But it didn't really mean much to me, because I knew he'd soon go back to being the way he was before."Norman's fury stems from Faldo's repeated public attacks on the Saudi-backed breakaway league during his tenure as commissioner.The Englishman has previously branded LIV Golf "meaningless" and suggested nobody was genuinely interested in watching it."Nick said some things about me during my time at LIV, some really nasty things," Norman revealed.The Australian expressed particular frustration that Faldo never reached out privately before voicing his criticism."Come on, we have a history, he could have called me and asked for the other side of the story and I'd have gladly given it," Norman said."And if he still hadn't agreed then fine his opinion and as he knows the facts, he would have been entitled to say anything he likes. Happy days. But just to sound off? Like I said, no respect for him. He still comes out with stuff that's interestingly stupid, to be honest with you."Norman also reflected on the broader hostility he faced during his time leading the PIF-backed venture.He pointed to shifting geopolitical attitudes towards Saudi Arabia as evidence that criticism of LIV was misguided."Roll the clock back four-and-a-half years ago, about all the anti-Saudi sentiment, and then you roll the clock to where we are today, where now the Americans and the Saudis are tight with what's going on in the Middle East," Norman said.The Australian suggested he possesses damaging information about the opposition he encountered."I'm not allowed to tell you everything that happened and what was against us. But one day, when I'm near the end, I might. It will be like the Watergate of golf," he declared.Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

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