World number one Tiger Woods vowed to take another break from the game after finishing fourth at the Masters in his first tournament since a five-month lay-off.

The American was unhappy with his game despite finishing tied for fourth place with KJ Choi, just five shots behind eventual winner Phil Mickelson.

Woods said after a final round 69: "I'm going to take a little time off and kind of re-evaluate things.

"I finished fourth. Not what I wanted. I wanted to win this tournament, but as the week wore on I kept hitting the ball worse.

"I only enter events to win and I didn't get it done. I didn't hit the ball good enough and I made too many mistakes around the greens."

Meanwhile, England's Ian Poulter was also disappointed after slipping out of contention over the final two rounds.

He added: "I'm frustrated. Yesterday I didn't hit it at all well off the tee and got myself into trouble.

"I played pretty well today. It's a game of fractions around this golf course. Tenth - I'm not overly satisfied."