Tiger Woods will play alongside his 15-year-old son Charlie on this week’s PNC Championship, however the 15-time main winner stated his PGA Tour return stays distant.
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The 36-hole parent-child match at Ritz-Carlton Golf Membership in Orlando would be the first quasi-competitive occasion for Woods since he underwent again surgical procedure in September.
Again bother and leg accidents from a 2021 automobile crash have restricted Woods’ capability to play within the common tournaments he as soon as dominated.
“My leg is what it’s. It’s nonetheless right here,” stated Woods, who turns 49 on December 30.
“However this yr I struggled so much with my again and it’s so much higher, however I nonetheless have a protracted solution to go.”
Woods was sixtieth on the Masters and missed the reduce within the yr’s different three majors, struggling to recuperate type between rounds. In his solely different begin this yr, Woods withdrew after one spherical on the Genesis Invitational, the February occasion he hosts at Riviera.
“The restoration has gotten to be the toughest half,” Woods stated.
“However over the course of rounds, weeks, months, it will get tougher.”
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Even getting his surgically repaired physique able to compete is troublesome.
“Making ready for aggressive play is completely different. That takes months, weeks,” Woods stated.
“Nevertheless it begins with each day. You simply do the little issues appropriately they usually add up.
“It’s irritating. It’s onerous. I’ve a tremendous group, superb assist. However I’ve to do the little issues every day and away from everyone. It’s onerous.”
Woods has been impressed with top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, who received 9 occasions this yr together with a second Masters and Paris Olympic gold. It’s a domination unseen since Woods in his heyday.
“How he has dealt with the strain and the expectations for he and his household, I feel he’s doing an unbelievable job,” Woods stated.
“He’s simply coming into his personal. That is the enjoyable a part of watching him develop. That is going to be the beginning of an unbelievable yr.”
Woods stated a commonality of their success kinds is avoiding errors.
“It’s not making that many errors,” Woods stated. “Over the course of massive occasions, plenty of play at an elite degree, not making errors provides up.”
Woods, who shares the document of 82 PGA Tour wins with Sam Snead, has a brand new rival to problem him in Charlie Woods, who lately defeated his dad over 9 holes.
“He beat me for 9 holes. He has but to beat me for 18 holes,” Woods stated. “That day is coming. I’m simply prolonging it so long as I probably can.
“We’ve a lot enjoyable on the market. It’ll be a enjoyable ambiance tomorrow and we’re simply going to have a blast.”
This week marks the fifth time the Woods duo has performed within the occasion, with a runner-up end in 2001 their greatest exhibiting. They have been fifth final yr.
Woods hopes taking part in this week generally is a step again to competing as soon as extra.
“I’m not aggressive proper now, however I simply need to have the ability to have the expertise once more,” Woods stated. “This has at all times been one of many greater highlights of the yr for us as a household.
“We wish to win, however it’s concerning the bond. It’s about having the household. It’s about us having a father-son second collectively.”
His subsequent competitors is deliberate for January’s launch of TGL, the six-team tech-golf league developed by Woods and Rory McIlroy. It encompasses a specifically constructed enviornment with video screens and rotating greens.
“It’s completely unbelievable. The rotating inexperienced blew me away,” Woods stated. “I feel it’s going to be a number of enjoyable for not simply us but additionally the fan expertise.”
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