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By Admin February 8, 2025

Unexpected Tiger Woods Broadly Clared 2025 season decision just days after news of mother’s passing

Tiger Woods’ return to the PGA Tour has been locked in.

Tournament organisers at the Genesis Invitational confirmed the 15-time major winner will form part of the field on February 13.

It marks Woods’ first PGA Tour event since the Open last July, where he sadly missed the cut.

Tiger Woods spent further time away from the fairways following the Open after undergoing surgery on his lower back last September.

He returned to action in December at the PNC Championship, an event not part of the PGA Tour, where he played alongside his 15-year-old son Charlie.

Woods was also involved in two matches at his new venture, TGL, where he is part of the Jupiter Links GC team.

The 49-year-old went on to make history for all the wrong reasons at the hi-tech, indoor golf league as he became the first player to commit a shot clock violation.

This year’s edition of the Genesis Invitational marks the first time since 1998 it has not been held at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, a neighbourhood in Los Angeles.

Due to the devastating fires in the area, organisers had to move the event down south to the Torrey Pines course in San Diego.

It is a course Woods is extremely familiar with thanks to a number of previous successes.

His seven victories at the Farmers Insurance Open all took place at Torrey Pines, as did his U.S. Open triumph in 1998.

The Genesis Invitational remains one of the few tournaments Woods has never won throughout his career.

It would take something special for him to end that at Torrey Pines given his on-course struggles following a horrific vehicle accident in February 2021.

News of Woods’ return to the PGA Tour comes three days after the passing of his mother, Kultida.

He shared the devastating news with a heartbreaking tribute on social media.

Woods wrote: “It is with heartfelt sadness that I want to share that my dear mother, Kultida Woods, passed away early this morning.

“She was quick with the needle and a laugh. She was my biggest fan, greatest supporter, without her none of my personal achievements would have been possible.

“She was loved by so many, but especially by her two grandchildren, Sam and Charlie. Thank you all for your support, prayers and privacy at this difficult time for me and my family. Love you Mom.”

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Scottie Scheffler Falls Way Short of Tiger Woods as PGA Tour Peers Downplay His 2024 Success…

By Admin August 22, 2024

There was never a doubt in anyone’s mind that Tiger Woods had the best seasons when he had multiple victories. However, with Scottie Scheffler, things are different. The 27-year-old emerged victorious in six events, including the Masters, and won a gold medal at the Olympics as well. Notably, the five events were also all elevated, including four signature events and the PLAYERS Championship.

On the other hand, his competitor and the man Scheffler has been getting compared to, Xander Schauffele, carded only two wins this season. Albeit both were majors, once at the PGA Championship and then at the 152nd Open in Royal Troon. Despite breaking one of Tiger Woods’s records, and getting near his level, Scheffler’s popularity among the PGA Tour pros hints that he needs more to stand tall with Woods.

Scottie Scheffler becomes the second option for PGA Tour pros

It’s hard to argue whose season was the best when two of the best golfers are against each other. On one hand, Scottie Scheffler has been dominant in comparatively every event, whereas on the other, Xander Schauffele took on two out of the four majors. The question remains a puzzle, yet most of the PGA Tour pros chose Schauffele.

At the BMW Championship in Castle Pines GC, the question of whose season you would choose was a popular one at the press conference. When Viktor Hovland was posed with it, he commended Scheffler’s run and said he had a better season compared to anyone at this point. However, he was still more inclined towards Schauffele. The Norwegian pro said, “I think in like 20 years back — 20 years in the future, looking back at the year, I think I’d rather have won two majors, just personally.”

And Hovland was not alone in doing so. The 13-time PGA Tour winner Jason Day also expressed that he would rather have Schauffele’s season than that of world no. 1. The Australian pro praised Scheffler and said that he had a tremendous and phenomenal year, which will probably make him the Player of the Year. However, the 2-time major winner surpassed here too. Day said, “Even though Xander has won two majors, I would probably go more towards the majors just because I want to add more majors to my career.”

Furthermore, Justin Thomas also joined in to share that he would also choose Xander Schauffele’s season over Scheffler’s, prompting the same reason as others. While many opted for the world no. 2’s 2024 season, all was not lost for the world no. 1 as two of his PGA Tour comrades came in to support him.

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Tiger Woods had controversial reason for sacking his ludicrously rich golf caddie

By Admin August 3, 2024

Steve Williams became one of the most recognisable caddies in the history of golf during his time with Woods, before being sacked by the 15-time major winner.

Steve Williams, who was Tiger Woods’ caddie during the peak of his success, was famously dismissed for temporarily switching to another player. The Kiwi golfing caddie supported Woods on various challenging courses around the globe between 1999 and 2011, a pivotal aid to Woods’s remarkable collection of 15 major career victories and record 82 PGA Tour titles – nine more than golfing titan Jack Nicklaus.

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However, the circumstances soon changed with Woods taking a U-turn, allegedly having someone call Williams to announce that the caddie’s professional services would be terminated if he went ahead to serve another player. Recalling the event, Williams said: “But a couple of days before the tournament, Tiger changed his mind.

“He had his agent call and he said ‘If you go and caddie for your friend, that will be the end of your time caddying for Tiger’. I thought there was no way the guy is going to fire me. But a couple of days after the tournament I got the phone call to say our time had ended. I believe in my own heart I gave 100 per cent when I was caddying for Tiger the entire time I was with him and for him to fire me over that kind of thing. I found that pretty unusual.”

It was Adam Scott that Williams was serving at the 2011 US Open as an interim during Woods’ absence, but the caddie believes he lost more than just a professional relationship in that tournament. He added: “When he fired me, I thought he was firing me as a golf caddie and not as a friend.

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“Tiger was the best man at my wedding, I didn’t think we’d have no communication for the rest of our lives. That just didn’t even enter my mind. To this day I find that a hard pill to swallow. Someone you spend 13 years with, with all your time and all your effort, and the guy can’t even speak to you.”

After the split, Williams worked with Scott until 2017 before briefly caddying for Jason Day in 2019. He joined forces with Scott again between 2022 and 2023. Meanwhile, Woods hasn’t clinched a major title since his 2019 Master victory.

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Tiger Woods’ son, Charlie, misses cut at US Junior Amateur after shooting 82-80 at Oakland Hills

By Admin July 24, 2024

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Tiger Woods watched his son, Charlie, shoot a 10-over 80 on Tuesday and miss the cut at 22 over through two rounds at the U.S. Junior Amateur.

The 15-year-old Woods, who earned a spot in the 264-player field last month, finished near the bottom of the pack.

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Tiger was surrounded by more people, including police officers, protecting him than were following most of the other groups on the course.

He had his own gallery, which included fans taking photos of themselves with one of golf’s all-time greats in the background.

Hundreds of people walked behind Charlie on the fairway, and completely circled the 10th green, his first hole of the day.

Charlie, who will soon start his sophomore year of high school in Florida, played his way into the tournament with many of world’s top juniors by shooting a 1-under 71 to win his qualifier.

Tiger, who was 14 when he qualified for his first U.S. Junior, became the only player to win the tournament three times in a row in the early 1990s.

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He joined his son in suburban Detroit this week after matching his highest 36-hole score as a professional at the British Open, missing the cut for the third straight time in a major.

Tiger wore shorts, exposing his legs that were battered in a car crash three years ago, and was mostly expressionless whether his son hit an excellent or poor shot.

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Tiger Woods watches 15-year-old son Charlie shoot a 12-over 82 in US Junior Amateur at Oakland Hills

By Admin July 23, 2024

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Charlie Woods, the 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods, covered his face with his cap after shaking hands with his playing partners on the 18th green at the Oakland Hills North Course.

Woods shot a 12-over 82 on Monday in the U.S. Junior Amateur, a tournament he played his way into.

“He still qualified,” Tiger Woods said to his son’s caddie after the rough round.

“That’s what I keep telling him,” caddie Luke Wise said.

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Charlie was frustrated and let it show, slamming and swinging clubs into the ground after errant shots and shaking his head from side to side.

His father was relatively helpless because rules prevent parents from coaching their children during the tournament.

After a brief exchange prior to the round on the practice green, Tiger didn’t say a word to his son and didn’t appear to even make eye contact as he watched from afar while surrounded by police officers — at least one of whom snapped photos — and security personnel.

Without a doubt, Tiger wished his son could hear him on the 181-yard, par-3 fourth.

A rules official gave Charlie relief because his ball landed on a metal cap on the right side of the green.

“He gets a club length,” Tiger said, standing out of earshot of his son.

Tiger wanted his son to place his ball to the left, but Charlie elected to take relief to the right.

“No, no, no,” Tiger muttered to himself. “Go the other way.”

Charlie ended up with his first of five double bogeys at No. 4 to go with four bogeys and two birdies — on both of the par 5s.

He was wild off the tee — often missing to the right — came up short on a series of flop shots out of thick rough and sailed some approaches over greens.

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Tiger was 14 when he qualified for his first U.S. Junior and reached the semifinals. He won his first U.S. Junior a year later and went on to become the only player to win the tournament three times in a row.

Tiger traveled to suburban Detroit from Scotland after matching his highest 36-hole score as a professional at the British Open, missing the cut for the third straight time in a major.

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Phil Mickelson refuses to ‘sit and chat’ with Tiger Woods after comment at The Open

By Admin July 21, 2024

Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods have not always seen eye-to-eye over the years.

Phil Mickelson admitted that he was in no mood to ‘sit and chat’ with Tiger Woods as they warmed up next to each other at The Open. The two players have not always seen eye-to-eye but, for the most part, have behaved amicably with each other during their time in the sport.

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“We said hi,” explained Mickelson. “Yeah, we said hi, but we were both preparing. It’s not like we’re going to sit there and chat. But we said hello, yeah.”

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Asked if he and Woods could work together to find a breakthrough in talks, Mickelson said: “I don’t know, we’ll see. We’ll see. I don’t know about that stuff, I’m not involved. I’m not sitting in those rooms. I am enjoying where I’m at and what I’m doing and playing. I’ll let other people figure that stuff out.”

Mickelson has struggled to impress at The Open but he made the cut on Friday with a score of five over par. Woods, meanwhile, missed the cut at Royal Troon after finishing his second round at 14 over par but has vowed to return at Royal Portrush next year.

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Tiger Woods Falls Through the Cracks at the British Open

By Admin July 21, 2024

As the British Open draws to a close, Tiger Woods will also see an end to his 2024 season. He remains optimistic for his return to the Hero World Challenge in December of 2024, but recognizes his need for physical recuperation.

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Despite the 2021 accident, Woods still maintains his legacy; a fact that was quite evident at the Royal Troon Golf Course. Fans audibly praised Woods’ performance on his walk through the 18th hole, despite the results of the round.

Woods’ rumored return to the Hero World Challenge will make for quite the show if all goes according to plan. Scottie Scheffler, ESPN’s number one ranked golfer in the world, was the 2023 Hero World Challenge winner, and will most likely make his appearance for the title and the $5,000,000 purse. A healthy Woods could be a fair contender, despite age difference and physical ability, making his anticipated return worth the wait.

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Although things did not go Woods’ way during The Open, his professionalism and character shone through, proving to his fans he remains the professional golfer they elect to follow.

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Tiger Woods still draws crowds as legend rages against dying of the light

By Admin July 20, 2024

American looks a pale imitation of the man who once dominated the world of golf but he has no plans to throw in the towel

Oh, and there’s also some fellow by the name of Eldrick Woods, or “Tiger” to those who know him. Woods followed the 79 he made in the first round by scoring 77 in the second, which gave him a 36-hole total of 156. That put him 14 shots over par, well outside the projected cut line. It was the worst week he has ever had at an Open, and, but for the final putt from three-feet on the 18th, it would have been the worst 36-hole score he has ever recorded at a major championship. As it was, it equalled the 80-76 he shot at the US Open at Chambers Bay in 2015.

Woods has reached the point where he’s never going to play in the Open again without having to put up with speculation that it might be for the final time. People have been trying to retire him ever since he walked across the Swilcan Bridge during the second round at St Andrew’s in the 150th championship a couple of years back. After he had limped off the course at Troon he was asked, again, whether he would be in the field at Royal Portrush next year. “Yes,” Woods said without hesitating, “definitely”.

His opinion about the way he had played was similarly blunt. “It wasn’t very good,” he said. “I was fighting it pretty much all day. I never really hit it close enough to make birdies, and consequently I made a lot of bogeys.” Five altogether, plus a double at the par-four 2nd where he whistled a chip 10 yards past the pin and off the far side of the green.

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It could have been worse. He caught a lucky break when he made a par at the 8th after his tee shot caught on a sprinkler head as it was rolling down the bank into the bunker on the right-hand side of the green.

Some of his best golf was in the way he scrambled himself out of the worst of it on two of the longer holes. At the 6th, he chopped his ball from the rough on the right side, then dumped it into the gallery on the left. He still managed to somehow get away with a birdie (his only one of the round) after he made a putt from 21ft. At the 16th he made a remarkable par with a putt from 13ft, even though he had landed his first shot into the burn, and walloped his third into the grandstand.

Trouble was they were about the only two putts he made from any sort of distance all day. Time was when you could find him on the course by listening for the roars. These days you can track him by the sighs and winces.

You wouldn’t necessarily have guessed it from watching him limp and grimace around the links, but Woods insisted he had a grand old time out there. “I loved it, I’ve always loved playing major championships. I just wish I was sharper physically. Obviously it tests you mentally, physically and emotionally, and I just wasn’t as sharp as I needed to be. I was hoping to find it somehow, but I just never did.”

Woods’s ambition this year was “to make sure I was able to play all the major championships”, which he managed to do, even if he did miss the cut in three of them and finished 60th in the other. He insists that he is improving despite it. “I have gotten better physically even though my results haven’t really shown it, so I just need to keep progressing like that, and eventually start playing more competitively, and start getting into the competitive flow again.” It’s not going to happen any time soon. He’s not planning to play competitively again until December.

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Still, if he believes it, then it doesn’t much matter what anyone else thinks. Woods’s legacy is his to do what he likes with. Even aside from the fact that he’s exempt, Woods has long since earned the right to play on as long as he wants. The man made the sport what it is today, and quite why so many of the other people in it seem to be in such a rush to usher him into retirement is a bit of a mystery.

He is still one of the biggest draws in the field, and attracts a crowd five or six deep, even if it does feel like the only reason they’ve come is so they can say they caught a glimpse of what he used to be.

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The Open: Tiger Woods nearing another major missed cut after opening-round 79 at Royal Troon

By Admin July 19, 2024

Tiger Woods is in danger of a third consecutive missed cut at a major after admitting he ‘didn’t do a whole lot right’ during an opening round to forget in The 152nd Open.

Woods arrived at Royal Troon having struggled again in the majors this season, finishing last of those who made the cut at The Masters before making early exits at both the PGA Championship and US Open.

The 15-time major champion said ahead of the final men’s major of the year that he would continue to “play as long as I can play and feel like I can still win”, although showed little signs of contending during a eight-over 79 on a breezy Thursday afternoon.

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“I’m physically feeling a lot better than I did at the beginning of the year,” Woods insisted. “At the end of last year, it was tough and I haven’t played a whole lot.

“I think that, as the year has gone on, I have gotten better. I just wish I could have played a little bit more, but I’ve been saving it for the majors just in case I do something pretty major and then take myself out of it.

“Hopefully next year will be a little bit better than this year. I thought I could play a little bit more earlier in the year. I think I was a little bit too optimistic. I need to do a lot more work in the gym and keep progressing like we have.”

Schauffele: Tiger ‘still trying to figure things out’

Schauffele got within three strokes of the lead after an opening-round 69, with the world No 3 believing that Woods is still trying to work out what he his physically capable of around the golf course.

“He hit it pretty solid for the most part,” Schauffele told the media post-round. “He had a couple of bad breaks and hit it in a couple of bad spots. Just happy he’s playing golf.

“He’s only playing major championships. He’s making it as hard on himself as possible and I know he’s hard on himself too. It’s just hard. I think he’s just learning. He’s got to learn a little bit more about his body, what he can and can’t do.

“I’m sure he’d like to prep more at home if his body would allow it. I’m not sure he tells you guys this stuff or not. But as a tour pro now, I kind of know what goes into it and what needs to be done to play at a high level. If your body is not letting you do it, it’s just frustrating. I’m sure he’s trying to figure that out.”

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“But he’s 48 now, his body is shattered and he has played since the age of three… there is no way, at the end of the day, he goes, ‘oh, that was fun, I enjoyed that, what a great experience’. He goes to physio before the round, I bet he’s got another hour and a half after it – it’s got to hurt. And we’ve been seeing it for a couple of years now.

“How much can Tiger withstand when it’s just not going well? It’s just another mighty grind of a day.”

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Tiger Woods tries to strike hopeful note after nightmare eight-over round

By Admin July 19, 2024

American talks of ‘maybe shooting something in the mid-60s tomorrow’ but that looks unlikely after dismal day at the Open

Tiger Woods says he has ambitions of getting “something going at the weekend”, but even making the cut now feels close to fantasy for the limping legend, after he recorded a disastrous eight-over-par 79 in the first round at Royal Troon.

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Matters were to improve only marginally on the way back, despite the heavy winds that had disrupted play in the morning having dropped away. A delay at the tee of the 11th seemed to have a particular effect. As the three-ball of Woods, Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay were forced to stand and wait as a camera tower was dismantled to clear the line of sight for Wyndham Clark in the group ahead, you could almost see Woods’s muscles freeze up. His drive went off into the railway, he struggled to pick up his tee and another double bogey followed.

Woods lost another shot at the 12th, then clawed one back at the 13th and for a moment optimism was in the air. Fans were shouting “Big cat!”, before miaowing timorously behind their hands, or “Keep grinding”, then chuckling among themselves. A genuine standing ovation awaited him when he reached the end of his round but by then he had already made bogey on the 17th and he dropped one more in front of the grandstands of the 18th.

Woods said any physical concerns were just due to a lack of conditioning. “I’m physically feeling a lot better than I did at the beginning of the year”, he said. “After the end of last year it was tough, and then I haven’t played a whole lot. I think that as the year has gone, I have gotten better. I wish I could have played a little bit more, but I’ve just been saving it for the majors just in case [I injure myself in another tournament] and then take myself out of it.” His fans must hope he has been saving something a little beyond what he has offered so far.

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