Why wasn't Tiger Woods at the 2025 Masters Champions Dinner?

The annual Masters Champions Dinner took place Tuesday at Augusta National Golf Club, and defending champion Scottie Scheffler’s menu of burgers, chili, ribeye, and fish was gobbled up by those on site.

Of the 35 chairs reserved for past champions, 32 were occupied. Vijay Singh withdrew from the tournament because of an undisclosed injury, and it will be the first Masters he has missed since he debuted at Augusta in 1994. Sandy Lyle, the 1988 winner, citing “personal reasons,” missed the dinner for the second year in a row.

But the big question was this: Where was five-time Masters winner Tiger Woods?

“We were putting our jackets away and the guys said that Tiger still can’t put weight on his foot,” 1971 Masters winner Charles Coody told Doug Stutsman, for a piece that appeared on Golfweek and the Augusta Chronicle. “They said his weight tolerance just isn’t there to climb up those stairs.”

Of course, Woods won’t be competing at this year’s tournament. The 15-time major winner ruptured his left Achilles tendon last month, and it is not clear when he will return to competition.

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Tiger Woods missed the Masters Champions Dinner. How come?

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