Tiger Woods Plans Return to Competitive Golf in October
Thursday, September 08, 2016
Tiger Woods is returning to competitive golf.
The 711th ranked player in the world announced on his website on Wednesday that he is planning to return at the Safeway Open (formerly the Frys.com Open) in October and that he would like to add two more PGA Tour events to his schedule before the year ends.
"I'm looking forward to going to California for my foundation event and Safeway. I'm also excited to return to Turkey and Albany. It could be a fun fall," said Woods.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe Safeway Open is the first event of the PGA Tour's 2016-17 season and it would be Woods' first tournament in over a year. Woods last played in August of 2015 in the Wyndham Championship. He then had back surgery in September and another in October of 2015.
"It was difficult missing tournaments that are important to me, but this time I was smart about my recovery and didn't rush it. It was great spending time with my children Sam and Charlie, and also working on a lot of projects including golf-course design, the upcoming 20th anniversary of my foundation and my book about the 1997 Masters. But I missed competing," added Woods.
Prior to his return to playing golf, Woods will serve as an assistant captain on the U.S. Ryder Cup Team at the end of September.
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