Jason Day shares graphic Tiger Woods detail after Masters pain

Jason Day has revealed gruesome details of Tiger Woods’ physical pain after the golf legend had to pull out of the Masters.

Aussie golfer Jason Day has shed more light on the gruesome nature of Tiger Woods’ injury struggles.

Both players had disappointing showings at The Masters, with Woods forced to withdraw before the final day after limping and playing through obvious pain to barely make the cut.

“I am disappointed to have to WD this morning due to reaggravating my plantar fasciitis. Thank you to the fans and to @TheMasters who have shown me so much love and support. Good luck to the players today!” Woods tweeted.

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Before his final round, Day revealed Woods had told him the painful reason he had to pull out of the PGA Championship last year.

“I was talking to (Woods) at the end of last year,” Day told Golf.com.

“He was saying the reason why he pulled out of the PGA was a screw went through the skin on Saturday or whatever it was. I don’t know how bad it is this time.”

The 47-year-old was lucky not to have his leg amputated after a near-fatal car accident in 2021. His leg is more metal than flesh and bone these days after undergoing surgery.

Tiger Woods was in serious pain at the Masters. (Photo by ROSS KINNAIRD / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

Woods is a five-time Masters champion but acknowledged before the tournament he doesn’t know how many more times his body can withstand the rigours of walking 72 holes at Augusta National.

“Mobility, it’s not where I would like it, but I’m very lucky to have this leg,” he said before the Masters.

“There’s some hardware in there, but it’s still mine.

“It has been tough and will always be tough. The ability and endurance of what my leg will do going forward will never be the same. That’s why I can’t prepare and play as many tournaments as I like.

“But that’s my future and I’m OK with that.”

Scenes of a despondent Woods hobbling around the course in pain were tough to watch.

Tiger Woods. Painful to watch. 😬 pic.twitter.com/kMV9WxViQo

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“He looked like he was labouring pretty hard yesterday,” Day said.

“It was obviously difficult to watch because he had to come back out and then play through all that yesterday morning, and then he had to take a little bit of a break and come back out and play again.

“It wasn’t the perfect conditions for him to be able to at least get through the round. It’s disappointing, but that’s just kind of, I think, where we’re at with how his body is right now.

“You can all see how he’s feeling on TV. I don’t know what he’s feeling internally, how bad it is.”

Jason Day fell apart after starting so well. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)

Day was flying at 9-under early on in The Masters, but fell apart over the weekend to finish 5-over in a tie for 39th place.

The World No. 35 was reportedly ill during a horror final round in which he carded an eight-over par score of 80.

The lowpoint came on the 12th hole when a putt from the edge of the green sailed past the hole and into the water on the other side.

His collapse meant Cameron Smith leapfrogged him to be the best of the Australians at 4-over in a tie for 34th, one shot ahead of Day and Adam Scott.

Spain’s Jon Rahm shot 69 to surge past Brooks Koepka in the final round to win the Masters by four shots at 12-under par.

Koepka was tied for second with Phil Mickelson, who turned back the clock with a round of 65 in the best Masters round ever by a player aged over 50.