When Tiger Woods announced that he would not be playing in the 2017 Masters due to a back injury that has kept him out of competition, most of the golf community was disappointed.

After all, Woods, the 14-time Major winner who has 79 total PGA Tour victories under his belt, is still chasing Jack Nicklaus’ mark of 18 Majors.

Tiger played at Augusta National for 19-straight years from 1995 to 2013. With this year’s withdrawal, he will miss his third Masters in the last four years.

While back injuries are certainly difficult to come back from in any sport, golf requires a repetitive, consistent motion and requires a great deal of torque, creating wear and tear on the back on every swing.

Woods hasn’t played in a tournament since February, and it seems as though the injury is pretty serious. Via Sam Weinman of Golf Digest, the following describes what Woods was able to do on the practice range in one of his pre-Masters workouts.

“What may be surprising is that Woods did attempt to test his game in two practice sessions at Medalist Golf Club near his Jupiter Island, Fla., home. In addition to training and working on his wedge game hitting shorter clubs at home since prior to the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Woods did attempt to test out his driver swing in his first two practice sessions at Medalist.”

Further, “According to sources who spoke with Golf World’s Tim Rosaforte, Woods appeared stiff and the second session on Thursday lasted in the five-minute range. Although dormant for eight weeks, Woods, according to agent Mark Steinberg, harbored legitimate hopes that he could return for the Masters.”

The second practice session lasted around five minutes before Tiger called it off. That’s certainly not a good sign.

On the 20-year anniversary of Woods’ first Masters victory, the golf world will have to live with the former face of the sport missing his fifth-straight Major overall with the hopes that he will regain his health in the near future.

While Woods won’t be taking the course, he will still attend the Champions Dinner, where he will be able to reminisce and catch up with some of his buddies. He wrote the following as part of his withdrawal statement on Friday:

"I have no timetable for my return, but I will continue my diligent effort to recover, and want to get back out there as soon as possible. I'd like to pass along my regrets to Billy Payne, the Augusta National membership, staff, volunteers and patrons, that I won't be there. I will be at the Champions Dinner and I look forward to seeing a lot of old friends.”

In all, "Augusta National has been a very important place to me and my family for over 20 years, and while I'm disappointed, it will be good to be back there Tuesday.”

In order for Woods to contend for another Major against a field that’s growing in talent, he will need to be near 100 percent. Right now, it’s obvious that he’s nowhere close.