Tiger Woods announces he will return to competitive golf next week
February car crash at next week’s PNC Championship, an unofficial PGA Tour Champions event that features parent-child teams.
Woods will pair with his 12-year-old son, Charlie, just as he did at last year’s event. They finished seventh, five shots behind PGA Tour pro Justin Thomas and his father, Mike.
“Although it’s been a long and challenging year, I am very excited to close it out by competing in the @PNCchampionship with my son Charlie,” Woods wrote on Twitter. “I’m playing as a Dad and couldn’t be more excited and proud.”
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The 36-hole tournament is scheduled for Dec. 18 and 19 at Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando. It will be televised by Golf Channel and NBC.
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Last month, Woods announced that his days as a full-time professional golfer are over after he suffered severe leg injuries in a high-speed crash Feb. 23 in Southern California.
Woods suffered comminuted open fractures to the tibia and fibula in his right leg, which means both bones broke into at least three pieces and broke through the skin. He also suffered foot and ankle injuries and said amputation of the leg was “on the table.”