Tiger Woods dedicated Friday to enjoying the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines, returning to one in every of his favourite venues for his first PGA Tour begin because the British Open final July.
Woods will probably be enjoying — and strolling — 18 holes in competitors for the primary time since he had a microdiscectomy in September to alleviate ache down his legs, his sixth surgical procedure on his decrease again. He’ll compete simply over per week after the lack of his mom, Kultida Woods, who died Tuesday at age 80.
Woods is the host of the Genesis Invitational, which was moved from Riviera Nation Membership due to wildfires that devastated the encompassing Los Angeles group of Pacific Palisades.
He has by no means gained at Riviera, however his eight wins at Torrey Pines embody the 2008 U.S. Open. The general public course alongside the Pacific Ocean can also be the positioning of his most up-to-date top-10 end on the PGA Tour, a tie for ninth on the Farmers Insurance coverage Open in 2020.
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The Genesis Invitational is a limited-field signature occasion with no minimize. Woods hasn’t performed 4 rounds in an occasion since final 12 months’s Masters, when he broke the event report for consecutive cuts made together with his twenty fourth. He completed final amongst those that made the minimize, taking pictures 82-77 over the weekend. He performed the opposite three main championships final 12 months, lacking the minimize every time.
A 15-time main champion, the 49-year-old Woods has 82 PGA Tour victories, tied with Sam Snead for probably the most ever. His final win was the Zozo Championship in 2019.
He missed all of 2021 after a rollover automobile crash in Los Angeles in February of that 12 months that precipitated extreme accidents to his decrease proper leg.
Woods skipped the unofficial occasion he hosts in December, the Hero World Problem, however he performed an exhibition together with his son, Charlie, and has competed within the indoor TGL league.