Tiger Woods will make his first PGA Tour look of the yr on the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Nation Membership in Los Angeles, the golfer confirmed on Wednesday.
“Excited to be a enjoying host subsequent week,” Woods posted on social media. The 48-year-old final competed in an official PGA Tour occasion on the 2023 Masters event in April however performed in two occasions in December.
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Woods performed along with his son Charlie on the PNC Championship in Orlando on December 18 after enjoying within the Hero World Problem within the Bahamas earlier within the month.
The 15-times main champion, has struggled since struggling extreme leg accidents in a 2021 automotive crash and he underwent ankle surgical procedure after the Masters in April.
The Genesis Invitational is held from February 15-18 and Woods is the host of the occasion.
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Final month Woods stated he was ending his long-standing partnership with sportswear firm Nike which reportedly earned him $500m over 27 years and it will likely be fascinating to see what tools and clothes he options in at Riviera.
After enjoying on the PNC Championship, Woods stated he felt in form to hold out his plan of month-to-month aggressive motion this yr.
“I’ll have the ability to stroll and play,” Woods stated after the ultimate spherical of the Orlando occasion.
“We’ve been understanding laborious, been capable of recuperate. We’ve been coaching daily, which is nice. It’s been good to knock off plenty of the rust and among the doubt that I’ve had as a result of fairly frankly I haven’t hit a shot that counted in a very long time,” he stated.
The Masters might be held at Augusta Nationwide the week of April 8.
The 2024 schedule sees the PGA Championship in Might, the US Open in June and the British Open in July.