Tiger Woods already has next tournament plan after PGA Tour comeback cut short
Tiger Woods' return to the PGA Tour was a short-lived one last week, after the 15-time major champion was forced to withdraw after 24 holes due to illness at the Genesis Invitational.
Woods made his first start of the 2024 season at Riviera as tournament host, but things did not go to plan. The 48-year-old carded a one-over-par 72 to start his week, but just 24 hours later his tournament was over through six holes in round two after suffering with influenza.
The illness is the latest setback in Woods' battle for full fitness, having been forced to adopt a part-time schedule on the PGA Tour in recent years after suffering career-threatening injuries back in a car crash in February 2021.
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Since then, the 15-time major champion has competed just seven times on the PGA Tour, but has withdrawn on three of those occasions. His latest decision to pull out has once again cast doubt on what is to come for Woods in the future, despite revealing his plan for 2024 at last year's Hero World Challenge.
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Speaking last November, Woods outlined that he was aiming to compete in one event a month starting with last week's Genesis. This means looking forward, the 48-year-old will more than likely return to action in March's Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in just over three weeks.
“I think that the best scenario would be maybe a tournament a month. I think that's realistic,” Woods said when speaking at the Hero World Challenge three months ago. "You would have to start with maybe at Genesis and then something in March near the Players.
Tiger Woods was forced to withdraw last Friday"Again, we have it set up right now the biggest events are one per month. It sets itself up for that. Now, I need to get myself ready for all that. I think this week is a big step in that direction.” Whilst he stuck to his word by competing in Los Angeles, it remains to be seen if his recent illness will hampers his plans to play next month's Players.
Woods has won the event coined 'golf's fifth major' on two occasions during his career, prevailing at Sawgrass in 2001 and 2013. The former world No. 1 would be eligible to compete in the event thanks to exemption status as a major champion in the past five years, after winning the 2019 Masters.
The opening major of the year will then be Woods' next target, with the world of golf returning to Augusta National for this year's Masters in April. The five-time green jacket winner played has played in the last two editions of the event, but like last week, his Augusta outing in 2023 also led to a withdrawal due to an ankle injury.
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