Tiger Woods will once again be seen on the golf course.
On Wednesday, Woods announced his return to the course on social media, saying he’ll be participating in next weekend’s PNC Championship with his 12-year-old son, Charlie.
“Although it’s been a long and challenging year, I am very excited to close it out by competing in the [PNC Championship] with my son Charlie,” Woods wrote. “I’m playing as a Dad and couldn’t be more excited and proud.”
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. I’m playing as a Dad and couldn’t be more excited and proud.
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) December 8, 2021
As described on the PNC Championship website, the tournament “provides the chance to see 20 Major Champions team up with a member of their family and play the game they truly love — together.”
Ten months after Woods was seriously injured in a horrific car crash, his return to some level of competition is borderline miraculous.
Woods sustained fractures to both his tibia and fibula in his right leg and spent three weeks in the hospital facing the possibility of amputation.
In an interview with Golf Digest at the end of November, Woods said that playing on the PGA Tour full-time would never happen again, but he will instead pick and choose tournaments to play in.
Last week, Woods — who has had 10 surgeries in his career — told reporters that this particular recovery has been more difficult than the others.
“This one’s been much more difficult. The knee stuff that I had on my left knee, those operations were one thing, that’s one level,” Woods said. “Then you add the back, that’s another level. And then with this right leg, it’s hard to explain how difficult it has been just to be immobile for the three months. I just lay there and I was just looking forward to getting outside. That was a goal of mine.”
“It’s been tough at times — some dark moments — but then again, as I was making progress through it too, I could see some light,” Woods continued. “And that was giving me hope. I’m able to participate more with my kids and their activities. And life in general. As I said, I’m on the positive side.”
When asked about his career being altered because of injury, Woods said that coming back from back surgery in 2017 to win the 2019 Masters has made it easier for him to accept.
“I got that last major, and I ticked off two more events along the way,” Woods said. “I don’t foresee this leg ever being what it used to be, hence I’ll never have the back what it used to be, and [the] clock’s ticking. I’m getting older, I’m not getting any younger. All that combined means that a full schedule and a full practice schedule and the recovery that it would take to do that, no, I don’t have any desire to do that.”
Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to [email protected].