• The Masters

Woods not satisfied with fourth place

ESPN staff
April 11, 2010
Tiger Woods claimed he got worse as the tournament progressed © Getty Images
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Tiger Woods refused to accept his fourth place at the Masters as a relative success despite the event representing his comeback after five months off the tour, and didn't reveal when fans would next see the world No.1 back on a course.

Woods scoffed when questioned whether he should be satisfied with his 11-under tie for fourth, which left him five strokes behind champion Phil Mickelson, claiming he expected better of himself on his long-awaited return.

In what wasn't the humblest of interviews, given immediately after Mickelson holed the final putt of the tournament, Woods blamed costly mistakes for what was hardly a lowly final result in a field of pros who have been honing their games while Woods has been focusing more on his personal traumas than his putting.

Woods said: "I finished fourth. It's not what I wanted, but as the week went on I kept hitting the ball worse. I entered this event, and I enter to win. I didn't hit the ball good enough, I made too many mistakes around the green, so consequently I'm not there at the end.

When asked if he had struggled to get into the right mindset out on course, Woods replied that too much consideration has been given to his personal life's effects on his golf.

"People are making way too much about of emotions. How can people think I should be happy about the bogey at the first hole? I hit one of my worst low shots at five. I hadn't hit a good shot in five holes, so I wasn't going to be happy.

Woods wouldn't be drawn on when and where his next competitive appearance would be, simply saying: "Now I take a little time off and re-evaluate things."

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