FANS have been left worried over Tiger Woods after he was left grimacing after an awkward shot during his first round at the Masters.<br /><br />The American icon, 47, had to play a shot on the edge of a bunker in which one of his feet had to be positioned in the sand.<br /><br />As he took his shot, he lost his balance and appeared to hurt himself as he hopped away.<br /><br />The golfer could be seen visibly grimacing after the effort.<br /><br />And fans flocked to social media to share their concern for Woods.<br /><br />One supporter tweeted: "Tiger Woods in pain after that shot."<br /><br />A second wrote: "Sucks that Tiger Woods just hurt himself hitting out of that bunker."<br /><br />A third said: "Tiger Woods hobbling around The Masters. Kinda sad."<br /><br />A fourth added: "Christ was waiting for an almighty crack from Tigers leg watching him play that shot. Ouch!!!"<br /><br />Another commented: "Tiger Woods narrowly avoided the bunker on 18 from the tee but I think anyone watching will have watched from behind their hands as all his weight was on his weakened right ankle.<br /><br />A second wrote: "Sucks that Tiger Woods just hurt himself hitting out of that bunker."<br /><br />A third said: "Tiger Woods hobbling around The Masters. Kinda sad."<br /><br />A fourth added: "Christ was waiting for an almighty crack from Tigers leg watching him play that shot. Ouch!!!"<br /><br />Another commented: "Tiger Woods narrowly avoided the bunker on 18 from the tee but I think anyone watching will have watched from behind their hands as all his weight was on his weakened right ankle.<br /><br />"He gives it a few hops and seems OK, but the ball finds the sand. He seems relatively fine though."<br /><br />Woods was able to continue and finish his first round with a score of two over par.<br /><br />He did have a late surge with birdies at holes 15 and 16 to get to two over but bogeyed the last hole.<br /><br />Woods admitted afterward that he hopped on his left leg in order to protect his right one after it was mangled in his horrific road crash two years ago.<br /><br />He said: “It’s a good job the weight was on my left leg. I'm good. Hopping on the left leg is fine. If I did it on the other one, not so fine. That leg is still pretty sore.”
