Woods, O'Meara Reunite at Masters’ Practice

Mark O’Meara used to communicate with his friend Tiger Woods on an almost daily basis. That was back in the day when Woods still had single-digit major victories and both lived not far from each other in Isleworth, an exclusive community just outside of Orlando.

That was also a long time ago.

But early on Monday morning, O’Meara received a text from Woods about playing a practice round on Monday afternoon and then another on Tuesday. It was the most time that O’Meara had spent with his old friend on or off the golf course in a long time.

“It was good for him and myself to be able to get back to kind of the old days,” O’Meara said. “I think he felt the same way. It was really good to see him. He gave me a great big hug, a genuine hug. Watching him swing the way he’s swinging now, even the pitching and the short game, he looked really good.

“If somebody asked me what I thought – I’m a hard grader – I would give him an 8 out of 10. That’s pretty good.”

O’Meara has played in 30 Masters and as much as he was interested in what Woods’ game would bring this week, it seems Tiger was impressed with O’Meara’s game, as well.