Woods could be thrown out of Masters

Tiger Woods could be disqualified from the Masters over claims he took an illegal drop.

The world number one suggested his drop at the 15th was taken "two yards away" from the original position, which should have incurred a two-stroke penalty, one more than his final score.

"He may liable to disqualification from the Masters," said the BBC's golf correspondent Iain Carter.

Woods currently lies three shots behind second-round leader Jason Day.

Four-time Masters winner Woods, who at one stage shared the lead with Day, was unlucky to find trouble at the 15th when his approach hit the pin and rolled back into the water.

He returned to where he played the original stroke, eventually carding a six at the par-five hole, but revealed in his post-round news conference that he may have dropped the ball further away than permitted.

Woods took a drop at the 15th

"I went down to the drop area, that wasn't going to be a good spot, because obviously it's into the grain," said the 37-year-old.

"And it was a little bit wet. So it was muddy and not a good spot to drop.

"So I went back to where I played it from, but I went two yards further back.

"I tried to take two yards off the shot of what I felt I hit - that should land me short of the flag and not have it either hit the flag or skip over the back."

However, the United States Golf Association rule 26-1a  states that a player must take their drop "as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played".

Carter added: "In Woods' press conference afterwards he said that he found it preferential to take a couple of extra yards back to play that shot.

"If he did take it two yards back he's in breach of the rules. He was therefore liable to an extra penalty, that should have been added on to his scorecard before he signed it last night.

"It wasn't, and therefore he may be liable to disqualification from the Masters and that's what the officials will be discussing this morning."

Woods is a 14-time major winner, but has not won one of golf's biggest prizes since the 2008 US Open.

In 2009, revelations about his private life, coupled with a battle against injuries, started a slump that eventually saw the American lose the world number one ranking in October 2010.

He slipped as low as number 58, but returned to the top spot in March after victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Woods began his quest for a fifth Green Jacket with an opening round of 70 and had picked up three shots during Friday's second round before he slipped up at the 15th.

He followed that by three-putting the last to drop another shot, ending on three under for the tournament.

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