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Even as he’s about to turn 48, Tiger Woods remains at the center of conversations in the game of golf. Having played in just five official PGA Tour events since his February 2021 car crash, Woods would quench the thirst of golf fans everywhere if he’s able to start all four major championships this coming season — something he has not done since 2019.
A renewed strut and confidence in Woods’ own physical abilities have fans — and Tiger himself — hoping for even more.
“That best scenario would be maybe a tournament a month,” Woods said at the Hero World Challenge. “That’s realistic whether that’s — you would have to start with maybe at Genesis [Invitational] and something in March near The Players. Again, we have set up right now the biggest events are one per month. It sets itself up for that. Now, I need to get myself ready for all that.”
A busy winter saw Woods — over a three-week stretch — play in the Hero World Challenge and PNC Championship, the latter alongside his son, Charlie. Walking five rounds and utilizing a cart once — as the whole field did due to weather — the 15-time major champion looked considerably more comfortable compared to his last showing at the 2023 Masters eight months prior. Despite some rust in his game and an 18th-place finish out of 20 golfers in the Bahamas, the Woods duo placed T5 in the 36-hole scramble at the Ritz Carlton, and Tiger emerged from it all as a winner.
The newly fused ankle has given him another golfing life, but it may be his ninth as other areas of his body must now compensate. It’s not as if these parts are sterling silver, either. Woods has undergone five knee surgeries and five back surgeries throughout his career.
“If I’m able to practice and do the things that I know I can do, and prepare, I know that I can still do it. I can still hit the golf ball,” Woods said at the PNC Championship. “It’s just a matter of prepping and…
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