Tiger Woods has broken yet another golfing record by becoming the first player ever to make the cut 24 times in a row at The Masters.
The sporting icon holed out for an even-par 72 at Augusta National on Friday afternoon, sending the crowds wild and booking his spot in the second half of the tournament.
It was a grueling day for the five-time champion, who was forced to play 23 holes after his first round was cut short by poor weather on day one.
But that did not seem to faze him, as he easily made the cut at +1, projected to be three shots ahead of where he needed to be when he walked off the 18th green.
That is despite a fused ankle and fused back that have led to him not playing 36 competitive holes this year, and forcing him to completely rebuild his swing.
Tiger Woods has made yet more history by becoming the first man to make 24 cuts at Augusta
Woods hugs his playing partner, Australia’s Jason Day, on the 18th green at The Masters
Woods removes his cap to shake the hand of his caddie on the 18th green on Friday afternoon
Thousands of adoring golf fans followed the Big Cat around the hallowed fairways of Augusta
Woods will be back for Saturday and Sunday, despite having a fused back and ankle
The legendary American plays a shot out of a bunker on the 18th at the end of his first round
Despite his age and lack of time on the course, Woods remains the biggest draw in golf, and he had thousands of patrons following him around Augusta on Friday.
He made par on the 18th, leading to rapturous applause, before he hugged his caddie and playing partners with a wide grin on his face.
On a day when pars were like gold, a thunderous ‘Tiger roar’ reverberated around the course when he chipped in for birdie from the collar of a bunker on the par-3 sixth.
Further birdies on the third, eighth and 15th holes offset bogeys on four, five and No.14 as Woods eclipsed the cut record he previously shared with Fred Couples and Gary Player.
The former world No.1 – who had only two competitive rounds since last year’s Masters – has now made the cut at Augusta every time he’s entered since first winning, by a record 12 shots, in 1997.
At one over for the tournament, and eight strokes behind mid-round on-course pacesetter Bryson DeChambeau, Woods will still believe he can land a record-equaling sixth green jacket on Sunday.
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