Tiger Woods trolls millions of social media followers with epic April Fools’ prank: ‘Ready to play’

Tiger Woods played a cruel gag connected those disappointed by his lack successful the Masters connected Tuesday, utilizing April Fools’ Day arsenic a mode to troll fans implicit his astir caller injury. 

Earlier this month, Woods announced that helium had undergone "minimally-invasive" country to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon, which helium noticed portion grooming for the archetypal large of the year. 

Tiger Woods gets acceptable to tee disconnected during the PNC Championship astatine The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Dec. 21, 2024. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)

"As I began to ramp up my ain grooming and signifier astatine home, I felt a crisp symptom successful my near Achilles, which was deemed to beryllium ruptured," helium said successful a connection connected societal media. "I americium backmost location present and program to absorption connected my betterment and rehab, convey you for each the support."

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Wood, 49, did not specify erstwhile helium would instrumentality this year, and fixed his lengthy database of injuries, fans assumed it would beryllium immoderate time. 

But connected Tuesday, Woods announced helium would beryllium competing at Augusta National. 

"I can’t judge I americium saying this, but a fewer weeks aft rupturing my near Achilles, the sleeping successful a hyperbaric enclosure positive the explosive lifts my doctors and trainers person maine acceptable to play the Masters adjacent week! Can’t wait! See y’all connected the course," helium said successful a station connected X.

Tiger Woods hits a tee changeable during the PNC Championship connected Dec. 22, 2024. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)

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But earlier fans could get excessively excited, the 15-time large victor revealed his prank. 

"P.S. April Fools my Achilles is inactive a messiness :)" 

Despite the heartbreak, fans connected societal media responded good to the joke. 

"I’m gladsome you inactive person a consciousness of humor… adjacent though you’ve crushed galore dreams this morning," 1 idiosyncratic wrote. 

"Walked close into this one. Nice changeable Tiger," different added. 

Tiger Woods laughs during a lucifer astatine SoFi Center connected Feb. 18, 2025, successful Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (IMAGN)

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Woods has rebounded from a laundry database of injuries, but helium hasn’t been the aforesaid since winning his past large successful 2019 astatine the Masters. He had a sixth backmost country past September and has had issues with the Achilles tendon before. He besides cited the near Achilles tendon successful withdrawing from The Players Championship successful 2011, erstwhile helium was retired for 2 months.

It’s unclear however agelong his latest wounded volition sideline him for this year. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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