Tiger Woods confirms latest return from back surgery in unique event he has never won
Tiger Woods will return to the course for the first time in three months.
The PGA Tour confirmed that the golfing great♛ and his son Charlie are competing at the PNC Championship in Orlando𓆉 next week.
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It is the fifth time Team Woods will play at the two-day event, which features 20 Major champion🌟s teeing off alongside family membe🃏rs.
“I’m very excited to head back to the PNC Championship next week with Charlie,” Woods said in a statement.
“Playin𝓀g together is something we look forward to and it’s always more special when you’re surrounded by friends and family.”
Tiger and Charlie finished in a tie for fifth at last year's event as Bernhard Langer and his son Jason won.
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Team Woods were runners-up in 2021 - two shots behind John Daly and John Daly II.
Woods' last competitive appearance was at The Open Championship in July.
The 48-year-old has been struggling with ongoing back issues and went under the knife for a sixth time in September in a bid to fix them.
The 15-time Major winner missed the cut at The Open, US Open, and PGA Championship, but did play until Sunday at The Masters.
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He was unable to compete at the Hero World Challenge - an annual event he hosts i𓃲n the Bahamas in December and won by Scottie Scheffler.
"I'm not tournament-sharp yet," Woods admitted. "No, I'm still not there.
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"And these are 20 of the best players in the world, and I'm not sharp enough to compete against them at this level.
"When I'm ready to compete and play at this level, then I will. The fire still burns to compete.
"As far as the recovery process of going out there and doing it again and again and again and doing it consistently at a high level, for some reason, the body just won't recover like it used to.
"That's part of age and part of an athlete's journey."
Woods had suggested that his aim for 2024 was to play in one tournament a month throug🌌h the year, but his fitness battles left him some way short of that,
The chance to tee up with his son offers some respite from the rigours of four rounds 💯of seriously competitive golf in some of the biggest tournaments of the year.
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The PNC Championship is being held on December 21 and 22 at Florida's Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando.
Charlie qualified for his first USGA Championship earlier this year.
The 15-year-old led all qualifier🥃s in scoring, finishing with a one-under 71 at Eagle Trace Golf Club in Coral Springs, Florida.
Tiger is among the previous winners of the pr๊estigious amateur event. He was in attendance as his son missed the cut at 22 over through♒ two rounds.
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The golfing icon didn't win at his first attempt either and Charlie will have another shot in 2025.
For now, it is time to try and secure one of the few to🐠urnaments his famou♕s father has never triumphed in.
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