Tiger Woods provides PGA Tour return update with 'disappointed' announcement

Woods was exempted from the Hero World Challenge, which helium hosts, but has confirmed helium volition not beryllium capable to vie successful the Bahamas adjacent period arsenic helium continues his recovery

The golfing satellite was rocked by quality that Tiger Woods, the legendary 15-time large champion, won't beryllium swinging his clubs astatine the upcoming Hero World Challenge adjacent month.

He took to societal media to explicit his feelings, revealing: "I americium disappointed that I volition not beryllium capable to vie this twelvemonth astatine the Hero World Challenge," and adding, "But ever look guardant to being tourney big and spending the week with @HeroMotoCorp."

Despite grappling with an onslaught of injuries, Woods confirmed helium wouldn't beryllium disappearing wholly from the scene, arsenic helium volition fulfill his relation arsenic big of the PGA Tour event. Besides the update connected his ain participation, Woods besides announced that Justin Thomas, Jason Day, and newcomer Nick Dunlap person been exempted to vie successful the prestigious Bahamas event.

Fans and players alike are nary uncertainty feeling the sting from the lack of the iconic golfer who played done the symptom crossed each large championships this twelvemonth and adjacent toughed it retired astatine the Genesis Invitational successful February earlier a abrupt unwellness bowled him out.

Woods has lone completed a afloat tourney erstwhile this play – astatine the Masters. He didn't marque it past the chopped astatine different large events, including the PGA Championship, U.S. Open, and astir precocious The Open Championship, wherever helium battled the harsh Scottish coastal upwind astatine Royal Troon but didn’t scope the play rounds.

Speaking of his plans post-missed chopped successful July, Woods said: "I'm not going to play until then," referring to a December lawsuit successful the Bahamas and the PNC Championship, wherever helium hopes to participate arsenic a arrogant dada successful the father-son challenge. "I'm going to conscionable support getting physically amended and support moving connected it. Hopefully conscionable travel backmost for our -- what is it, our 5th major, the Father-Son, truthful looking guardant to it."

Despite pulling retired of the Bahamas outing, whether Tiger volition tee up alongside his lad Charlie astatine the PNC remains uncertain. If helium skips that one, his fans tin look guardant to seeing him correspond Jupiter Links Golf Club astatine the inaugural TGL travel January, indoors.

Woods, who has claimed the greenish overgarment astatine Augusta 5 times, besides disclosed undergoing further country connected his backmost successful September.

"The country went smoothly and I'm hopeful this volition assistance alleviate the backmost spasms and symptom I was experiencing passim astir of the 2024 season," helium penned connected his societal channels. "I look guardant to tackling this rehab and preparing myself to get backmost to mean beingness activities, including golf."