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Tiger Woods did not consider pulling out of the Masters after avoiding disqualification

Tiger Woods insisted he did not consider pulling out of the Masters amid the controversy over his rules infringement.

Last Updated: 10/06/13 9:58am

Tiger Woods says he was never close to ruling himself out of the Masters after his two shot penalty on day two.
Tiger Woods says he was never close to ruling himself out of the Masters after his two shot penalty on day two.

The world No 1 faced disqualification for taking an illegal drop after finding water at the 15th on Friday, but he was unaware of any wrongdoing when he signed for a one-under 71.

He was summoned by tournament officials on Saturday morning, and it was decided a two-stroke penalty was sufficient punishment under a recently revised rule concerning "trial by TV".

Sir Nick Faldo was one of many high-profile figures calling for Woods to withdraw, but the four-time champion put the distractions to one side and fired a third-round 70 which left him four off the lead.

"I got a text from my agent this morning saying 'Call me,'. It's never a good thing when that happens," said Woods. "They called me in, I got a two-shot penalty, time to play. I made a mistake, I took an improper drop and I got the penalty."

Asked if he thought of withdrawing, Woods added: "No. Under the rules of golf I am abiding by the rules. They made the determination that nothing had happened on Friday and after what I said, things changed."

That was a reference to his comment that he had gone "two yards further back" from where he hit his original pitch, which hit the pin on the full and cannoned back into the water.

Woods added: "I wasn't even really thinking. I was still a little ticked at what happened, and I was just trying to figure, okay, I need to take some yardage off this shot.

"That's all I was thinking about was trying to make sure I took some yardage off of it, and evidently, it was pretty obvious, I didn't drop in the right spot."

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