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It is the traditional greeting at the commencement of any opening Masters round, be it a five-time champion like Woods or one of the 18 debutants this year at Augusta National

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And it is the above six words that those gathering on the first tee will await with bated breath shortly before 10.34am local time today – a little after 3.30pm here in the UK.

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In fact, no more pronouncement will be more hotly anticipated than that of Woods, whose every move - from his initial flight to Augusta for a practice round with son Charlie

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What follows next, no one quite knows, not even Woods. He had talked about being here to win, to believe in a fairy tale to eclipse the events of 2019 even.

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But is that genuine belief or merely the sort of bravado that has helped him get through hours of agony in a hospital bed, even longer in rehabilitation?

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Usually so guarded, he was not afraid to admit on the event of this Masters that there had not been a day without pain since his car careered off the road at 85mph back in February 2020,

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And it is the above six words that those gathering on the first tee will await with bated breath shortly before 10.34am local time today – a little after 3.30pm here in the UK.

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