Woods made an April Fools joke about playing in the tournament, but the five-time Masters champion will not be competing for a Green Jacket this year.

Tiger Woods has won the Masters five times in his career: 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2019. It's the second most tournament victories of all time behind Jack Nicklaus. Woods won the tournament as a 21-year-old, making him the youngest champion in the history of the tournament.

Tiger Woods would likely be done playing, except for one reason, ESPN analyst and two-time major winner Andy North said ahead of the Masters.

Tiger Woods took to social media on Tuesday to play an April Fool's prank on golf fans, giving false hope he could overcome an injury to play in next week's Masters.Woods announced last month he suffered the injury and underwent tendon repair surgery while training in advance of the Masters.

Tiger Woods started to give fans hope that he healed enough from a ruptured Achilles tendon to compete at the Masters next week — until they checked the date on the calendar. I

Tiger Woods decided to use April 1 -- yes, yes April Fools' Day -- to say this to the world: "I can’t believe I am saying this, but a few weeks after rupturing my left Achilles, the sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber plus the explosive lifts my doctors and trainers have me ready to play the Masters next week!