Tiger Woods confirms next departure before “fifth major” with son Charlie
Woods confirmed to the media that he will not play again until December after his failure at Royal Troon.
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The 15-time Major winner has played just five tournaments this year in seven months, after saying last year he hoped to play one every month. While he admits he is improving physically, he insists he plans to spend more time on the bench to continue working on his fitness in hopes of returning to the game stronger next year. next year. Woods \ ‘The next start was his welcome Hero World Challenge Bahamai event, and did not come for the other four and a half months.
He uses it later this month as the fifth major of PNC championships, and his son, Charlie, finally tries to win the event after the last four calls. “No, I’m not going to play until then,” Woods said of the Hero World Challenge and his plans.
“I want to continue to work on improving my physical condition and keep working hard. Hopefully, I will return to our fifth major, father /son. \ “
Team Woods’ best finish in the PNC championship was second in 2021, ending the two -stroke of Team Day. They ended the T5 last year when Bernhard Ranger won the trophy with his son, Jason.
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Woods shot 14-over-par for two days at Royal Troon to miss the cut by at least seven strokes.
\”I\’d like to have played more, but I just wanted to make sure that I was able to play the Major championships this year,\” he said.
\”I got a lot of time off to get better, to be better physically, which has been the case all year. I\’ve gotten better, even though my results really haven\’t shown it, but physically I\’ve gotten better, which is great.
\”I just need to keep progressing like that and then eventually start playing more competitively and start getting into kind of the competitive flow again.\”
Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages Golf Monthly’s news team and extensive Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters at Augusta National and has been on-site for five British Opens, including the 150th tournament at St. Andrews. His first British Open was played at Royal Birkdale in 2017, where he walked the ropes alongside Jordan Spieth in a memorable Texan Claret Jug victory. He has played at 35 golf courses on the top 100 list, with his favourites being Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been interested in golf since he was eight years old and currently plays with a handicap of six. His golfing highlights include making an albatross on the 9th hole at Woodhall Spa’s Hotchkin Course, recording an under par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Women’s European Tour and achieving his only hole-in-one at the age of 15 – a long time ago now!
