Tiger Woods said on Wednesday that he decided not to play a recent European Tour tournament in Saudi Arabia because he wanted to keep his “travelling down”.
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The 42-year-old has already expressed his disquiet about his own World Challenge tournament being scheduled for the week before the December 12-15 clash, against an International team of players from the rest of the world, excluding Europe.
The live and on-demand video streaming service will collaborate with Woods on a wide range of programming to offer fans an authentic look into the life, mind and performance of one of the game’s all-time greats, the network said.
Golf fans in the United States will be charged a “suggested” price of $19.95 to watch the pay-per-view exhibition between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in November, Turner Sports announced on Thursday
A future captain for sure, Woods will make his eighth appearance as a player in the biennial event as part of the American team to defend the Cup against Europe in Paris next week.
The 14 major winner did it in Atlanta, amidst a roaring cheer by the crowd
Woods, 42, looked in a class of his own as he carded a five-under-par 65 to leave himself on 12 under for the tournament at Atlanta’s East Lake course
However, he shot a mediocre level-par 71 in the first round of The Northern Trust to sit five shots behind the clubhouse leaders in Paramus, New Jersey.
American Brooks Koepka has climbed to number two in the world rankings after winning his second major of the year at the PGA Championship on Sunday.
Koepka withstood stifling pressure and sweltering heat to card a four-under 66, which was good enough for a two-shot victory over Woods
The headline group of Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and holder, Justin Thomas, launched bids for the PGA Championship at a sunny Bellerive Country Club on Thursday.
There was a spell not so long ago when Tiger Woods, in the depths of despair over recurring back problems, felt he would never again grace the fairways of a British Open.
This includes a share of 11th at last week’s Players Championship in the eight events he has played since returning to the PGA Tour this year after spinal fusion surgery in April 2017.
The 42-year-old has lifted the Claret Jug three times in his career but has not contested the sport’s oldest major championship since 2015 due to injury.
Woods is around a 33/1 betting outsider at the TPC Sawgrass, a course where he twice has won the PGA Tour’s flagship event — in 2001 and again in 2013.
Woods, who has spent a record 683 weeks at the top of the rankings, has three top 10 finishes in 2018, including a runner-up at the Valspar Championship last month. Dustin Johnson remains as world number one after coming T10 at Augusta.
The 14-time Major winner is attempting to get himself ready for The Masters – which takes place at Augusta in April – and the former world number one took another step closer towards rediscovering his best form in his fourth outing of the season.
This was despite Woods’ crazy 44-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole on Sunday that put him in contention
Woods, playing his fourth US PGA Tour event since returning in January from spinal fusion surgery last April, fired a four-under par 67 that left him tied for second on eight-under 205 alongside former US Open champion Justin Rose of England and American Brandt Snedeker
After multiple back surgeries, Woods has found himself in the lower echelons of the world standings but the 14-time Major winner went into last week’s tournament having already registered a share of 23rd place at the Farmers Insurance Open in January.