Interesting: Tiger Woods will play in the PGA Tour at Riviera.
Golfer Tiger Woods will play in his first competition of 2024 at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club. He announced this on Feb 7.
Woods will be the player-host for a PGA Tour event from Feb 15-18 that helps his foundation. He said he is excited to be the host on social media.
The 48-year-old said in January that he stopped working with Nike after 10 years. He ended his statement by saying “See you in LA. “, which made it seem like he was going to compete at the Riviera.
The Genesis Invitational is a big golf event in 2024 with a lot of money as prizes. The winner gets $4 million. It is one of the important events on the PGA Tour.
This will be the first time Woods plays in a PGA Tour since the 2023 Masters. He had surgery on his right ankle after withdrawing from the Masters and has not played in an official tournament since then.
After not playing much in 2023, Woods came back to play professional golf at the end of November in a special PGA Tour event called the Hero World Challenge. It had fewer players and no elimination rounds.
Two weeks later, Woods and his son played in a golf tournament with other two-player teams. The tournament is called the PNC Championship and lasts for 36 holes. Each team has one Major champion and a family member.
After playing in Florida, Woods felt ready to go ahead with his plan to compete in tournaments every month in 2024.
“I will be able to walk and play,” Woods said after the last round of the Orlando event.
“We’ve been exercising a lot and are able to rest and feel better. ” We have been practicing every day, and that’s awesome. “I’ve been able to practice and improve a lot, and that has helped me feel more confident. I haven’t made a important shot in a while, so it’s good to finally do that. “
The Masters golf tournament will take place at Augusta National from April 11 to 14. In 2024, the PGA Championship will be in May, the US Open in June, and the British Open in July.
In 2023, at Riviera, Woods played four rounds and finished in 45th place, with a score of one under par.
