Only Jack Nicklaus (18) has won more golf majors than Woods (15)

Would he play or wouldn't he? Any golf fan thinking of Tiger Woods in the past week or so was probably wondering if we would see him compete at next month's Masters.

Now the questions are much darker.

It was known that this all time great golfer was in a race to recover from a ruptured Achilles and two back surgeries in time to take on the undulating demands of Augusta National.

It seemed a race he was losing.