Of the 35 chairs reserved for past champions, 32 were occupied. Only Woods, Vijay Singh and Sandy Lyle were not in attendance.

Woods — plus Vijay Singh and Sandy Lyle — was among the three living Masters champions to not attend the dinner and participate in the photo. Woods is a five-time Masters champion who last won the green jacket in 2019. But Woods has battled injuries in recent years and ruptured his Achilles in March.

Vijay Singh, who withdrew from the Masters due to injury, skipped Tuesday’s dinner on the second floor of the clubhouse, along with Sandy Lyle, who cited “personal reasons,” per Golfweek. Woods, 49, revealed in March he ruptured his left Achilles tendon while training at home and underwent surgery.

Tiger Woods will be eligible to play in the PGA Tour Champions when he turns 50 later this year and 18-times major winner Jack Nicklaus expects him to dominate the circuit when he returns from another lengthy injury lay-off.

"I think Tiger will get well and Tiger will be back and playing," Jack Nicklaus told reporters on Thursday. "Tiger will be 50 next year. I believe he'll probably play the senior tour and he'll probably dominate the senior tour.

Jack Nicklaus has predicted that Tiger Woods will “dominate” the Senior Tour if the 15-time major champion chooses to play when eligible. Woods has played sparingly in recent years while battling significant injury issues,