Tiger Woods dupes CNBC with Masters return April Fools joke

The golf world is not exempt from April Fools, and Tiger Woods decided to get in on the fun this year as he recovers from surgery to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon.

On Tuesday, the 15-time major champion claimed his doctors cleared him to play in the 2025 Masters thanks to “explosive lifts” and a lot of time in the “hyperbaric chamber.”

While it was an obvious prank, not everyone got the memo initially, as CNBC’s Squawk Box discussed Woods’ release as legitimate news before eventually catching on.