Tiger Woods revealed he had to have surgery to allow him to walk again
The 43-year-old took the green jacket for a fifth time on Sunday, as he beat Xander Schauffele, Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson in Augusta by just one shot.
Woods’ win at the Masters capped off an incredible comeback from a series of back injuries and off-course issues.
The golfing legend was forced to withdraw from the 2017 tournament at Augusta, as he was still recovering from a back injury.
And he revealed that when he attended the tournament as a previous winner, he feared that he would be unable to properly walk again.
“At the time, there was no future,” he said to ESPN. “I just wanted to be able to walk again.
“Thankfully I had a procedure to walk again, now I’m just stiff *laughs*
“It’s allowed me to have a life again and from there i was able to start playing again.
“From there, the momentum build, and here I am winning another championship.”
Woods had gone 11 years since his last major championship win, and explained that the sport has evolved in that time.
“Well, it’s been a lot. A lot has transpired,” he continued.
“The body, the game, life, it’s just all evolved.
“I just remember standing on that 17th tee today knowing I had a two-shot lead.
“I was in that same position in 2005 and I made a bogey bogey, I thought ‘let’s not do that here’.”
Sunday’s win was Woods’ 15th major win of his career, putting him three behind all-time leader Jack Nicklaus.
Whilst he refused to say whether he was confident of beating the record, he did state that he wanted to add to the total quickly.
”Let’s just enjoy 15, how about that?” he joked.
”15 has been a long time coming, a lot has transpired between then and now, 11 years.
“More than a decade without winning a major championship, so let’s not wait that long.”