Ka taƙaita labarin:  Yayin da jita-jitar ke kara yawaita game da ko Tiger Woods zai fafata a gasar Masters a watan gobe, tsohon dan wasan mai lamba daya a duniya ya yi watsi da damar taka leda a Houston Open, wasan karshe na PGA Tour kafin babban wasan farko na shekara. Sunan Woods ya kasance ba ya nan a lokacin da aka buga jerin sunayen 'yan wasa don taron Houston na mako mai zuwa a ranar Juma'a. Ya kamata Woods ya yanke shawarar buga shi a Masters, wanda ya fara a ranar 9 ga Afrilu, zai yi hakan bayan bai yi gasa ba har tsawon kwanaki 63. Woods, wanda ya lashe gasar sau 14, ya yi gwagwarmayar neman wani nau'i a wannan shekara. Gwarzon Masters sau hudu wanda matsayinsa ya fadi zuwa na 96, Woods ya buga sau biyu kawai a 2014-15 PGA Tour kuma ya ce ba zai dawo ba har sai wasan nasa ya kasance'shirye-shirye'. Ya rasa Masters a bara a karon farko a cikin aikinsa bayan likitoci sun shawarce shi da yin tiyata a baya kuma halartarsa a watan gobe yana cikin babbar shakka saboda gwagwarmayarsa don tsari da dacewa. Woods ya rubuta mafi girman maki a cikin aikinsa na sana'a, mai ban mamaki 11-kan-par 82, don rasa yankewa a Phoenix Open a watan Janairu, kuma masana da yawa sunyi imanin cewa yana fama da 'yanci' yanci. Ya janye daga Farmers Insurance Open a Torrey Pines a farkon watan da ya gabata bayan ramuka 11 saboda matsi a bayansa, kuma har yanzu yana daidaitawa zuwa sauyawar juyawa ta biyar a cikin aikinsa. Woods a halin yanzu yana kan hutu daga wasanni amma yana da burin samun cancantar zuwa gasar cin kofin Ryder ta 2016. A farkon wannan makon, babban abokin Woods Notah Begay III ya kimanta damar da tsohon dan wasan duniya ke da shi na shiga gasar Masters a matsayin '50-50'. 'A zahiri yana da damar 50-50 a yanzu daga abin da zan iya fada,' in ji Begay, mai sharhi na talabijin tare da Golf Channel wanda ya taka leda tare da Woods a ƙungiyar golf ta Jami'ar Stanford. 'Wannan shi ne mafi alhẽri rashin daidaito fiye da abin da shi ne, ka ce, makonni uku da suka wuce. Makonni uku da suka gabata, da na ce akwai yiwuwar daya cikin goma da zai yi wasa a Augusta.' Abu daya da ya sa Woods farin ciki shi ne yadda ya samu kwanciyar hankali a Augusta National inda a shekarar 2010 ya daidaita a matsayi na hudu a Masters bayan bai buga wasa ba...
Tiger Woods da ke fama da rauni ya buga wasanni biyu ne kawai a gasar PGA ta 2014-15. Woods ya janye daga gasar Farmers Insurance Open a farkon watan da ya gabata. Tsohon mai lamba daya a duniya ya ga matsayinsa ya fadi zuwa na 96.