A four-time PGA Tour winner has agreed to compete against Charlie Woods for the…
Tiger Woods, the golf legend, is now listed as an active participant in the Masters Tournament field list, according to the PGA Tour. With pre-tournament days of April 8–10, this listing suggests that Tiger would participate in the Augusta National, which begins on April 11 of next month.
During the third round of the 2023 Masters, the 48-year-old golfer hurt himself and claimed to have plantar fasciitis. Shortly after withdrawing from the competition, he had surgery on his ankle. After the surgery, he was able to recover and compete in the Hero World Challenge and PNC Championship this past fall. When he participated in The Genesis Invitational, he did make his first tour start since the operation last month. On the seventh hole of the second round, he withdrew from the tournament, having started with a 1-over 72. After appearing in the Masters, PGA Championship, and Open Championship in 2022, the only PGA event he competed in last year was the 2023 Masters, according the Although Tiger has not officially announced his participation, there is conjecture that he will play at Augusta National when his name appears on the Masters Tournament roster. This is the first tour start for Tiger since The Genesis Invitational.
According to MSN, it was revealed last month that Tiger and other PGA Tour players would acquire stock in PGA Tour Enterprises, a recently founded for-profit business, following a $3 billion investment from the Strategic Sports Group. The players’ ownership of a portion of the PGA Tour, a first for professional sports, makes this arrangement a historic milestone in sports history.
