Tiger Woods wake up time before final round speaks volumes about his attitude towards Masters

Tiger Woods shot his worst ever round in a major on Saturday and as a result found himself paired with amateur Neal Shipley, he then went on to record a round of 77

Tiger Woods woke up at 3.45am in a bid to be ready for Sunday.

After his worst round at a major on Saturday, shooting 10-over, Woods declared he would return to complete the tournament. "My team will get me ready," he said confidently. "They have been awesome. It will be a long night and a long warmup session, but we'll be ready."

This Masters is the first time Woods has completed four days of competitive golf in 14 months. It's also his second tournament of the year. His only other appearance came in The Genesis Invitational in February but he withdrew during the second round citing flu.

And it's been a major of good and bad records. Woods became the first person to make 24 Masters cuts in a row, before going on to record his worst-ever round in a major.

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Woods was paired with amateur Neil Shipley on Sunday, the 23-year-old out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. And Shipley has revealed the lengths his playing partner went to in order to play on Sunday.

Following his round, he said: "I really appreciate all the work that he does to keep his body ready to come out here. He told me that he woke up at like 3:45 this morning just to get ready for the day, which is - I got about three hours more sleep than him.

"He's really grinding and making a big commitment to be out here for everyone. It's awesome to see the Patrons really appreciative of him and really enjoy having him out here."

Woods shot five-over par next to Shipley as he struggled again at Augusta National, finishing the tournament on 16-over. Asked if he felt like he wanted to encourage Woods, the amateur said him not playing at 100 percent actually gives others a chance.

"I don't think anyone wants to catch Tiger at his best," he responded. "No one is going to win when he's playing his best. Certainly rooting for him and rooting for good golf shots. He was awesome. Wish him nothing but the best."

Despite the score, Woods did add that playing through all four days has been an enormous positive. "It was a good week," he said. "It was a good week all around. I think that coming in here, not having played a full tournament in a very long time, it was a good fight on Thursday and Friday. Unfortunately yesterday it didn't quite turn out the way I wanted it to."