Tiger Woods will return to the course for the primary time in three months.
The PGA Tour confirmed that {the golfing} nice and his son Charlie are competing on the PNC Championship in Orlando subsequent week.
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It’s the fifth time Crew Woods will play on the two-day occasion, which options 20 Main champions teeing off alongside relations.
“I’m very excited to go again to the PNC Championship subsequent week with Charlie,” Woods mentioned in a press release.
“Taking part in collectively is one thing we sit up for and it’s all the time extra particular whenever you’re surrounded by family and friends.”
Tiger and Charlie completed in a tie for fifth ultimately yr’s occasion as Bernhard Langer and his son Jason gained.
Crew Woods had been runners-up in 2021 – two pictures behind John Daly and John Daly II.
Woods’ final aggressive look was at The Open Championship in July.
The 48-year-old has been combating ongoing again points and went beneath the knife for a sixth time in September in a bid to repair them.
The 15-time Main winner missed the lower at The Open, US Open, and PGA Championship, however did play till Sunday at The Masters.
He was unable to compete on the Hero World Problem – an annual occasion he hosts within the Bahamas in December and gained by Scottie Scheffler.
“I am not tournament-sharp but,” Woods admitted. “No, I am nonetheless not there.
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“And these are 20 of one of the best gamers on this planet, and I am not sharp sufficient to compete towards them at this stage.
“After I’m able to compete and play at this stage, then I’ll. The hearth nonetheless burns to compete.
“So far as the restoration technique of going on the market and doing it repeatedly and once more and doing it persistently at a excessive stage, for some purpose, the physique simply will not get better prefer it used to.
“That is a part of age and a part of an athlete’s journey.”
Woods had prompt that his goal for 2024 was to play in a single event a month by means of the yr, however his health battles left him a way wanting that,
The possibility to tee up along with his son gives some respite from the rigours of 4 rounds of critically aggressive golf in a few of the largest tournaments of the yr.
The PNC Championship is being held on December 21 and 22 at Florida’s Ritz-Carlton Golf Membership Orlando.
Charlie certified for his first USGA Championship earlier this yr.
The 15-year-old led all qualifiers in scoring, ending with a one-under 71 at Eagle Hint Golf Membership in Coral Springs, Florida.
Tiger is among the many earlier winners of the celebrated beginner occasion. He was in attendance as his son missed the lower at 22 over by means of two rounds.
{The golfing} icon did not win at his first try both and Charlie may have one other shot in 2025.
For now, it’s time to try to safe one of many few tournaments his well-known father has by no means triumphed in.