Tiger Woods will not play Players next week

Announced as a likely starter to compete for the Players Championship next week, Tiger Woods finally preferred to postpone his return to the PGA Tour, probably at the Masters in April.

Tiger Woods, results

Tiger Woods had until 11:00 p.m. French time on Friday to formalize his new appearance on the PGA Tour circuit by lining up for the Players Championship. After his 45th place at the Genesis Invitational in mid-February, the Tiger finally wisely decided to postpone his return by skipping the tournament considered the 5th Major of the season.

Authorized to start at Ponte Vedra Beach thanks to his victory at the Masters in 2019, in a tournament he won in 2001 and 2013, the star of the fairways ultimately remains at eighteen participations on the TPC Sawgrass route.

It is therefore at the Augusta Masters, the first Major of the season scheduled from April 6 to 9, that the 47-year-old Californian will drive back the fairways in competition.

Eldrick Tont Woods, better known as Tiger Woods, born December 30, 1975 in California, is an American golfer. He is one of the greatest golfers of all time and one of the most popular sportsmen of the early 21st century. Winner of 15 major tournaments, he revolutionized the world of golf with his sporting results and by attracting a new audience.

Precocious, Tiger began golf at a very young age and achieved an exceptional career in all junior categories. Amateur scrutinized for his exceptional qualities, he turned professional at the end of the summer of 1996. Winner of the 1997 Masters, he became world number 1 less than a season after becoming a professional. Dominant for most of the 2000s, various physical knee and back problems forced him to reinvent his game.

Commercial figure, headliner of Nike, Woods multiplies lucrative contracts off the course, making him one of the richest sportsmen of the 2000s. Even when a scandal erupts over his tormented private life and the difficulties of his marriage in 2009, Woods continues to be one of the highest paid players in the world.

In April 2019, at the age of 43, he achieved in Augusta the feat of winning a 5th Masters and his 15th career major title, eleven years after his last major victory1,2. He was decorated on May 6, 2019 by Donald Trump with the highest American civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

In March 2022, he was inducted into the Golf3 Hall of Fame.