{"id":453280,"date":"2026-02-04T12:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T12:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/453280\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T12:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T12:39:08","slug":"tiger-woods-offers-bleak-assessment-of-when-he-might-return-to-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/453280\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods Offers Bleak Assessment of When He Might Return to Golf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6o\">Is Tiger Woods close to teeing it up again?<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6r\">It doesn\u2019t appear so.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6u\">The 15-time major winner, who is nursing a back injury, gave a bleak assessment of his comeback hopes after Monday night\u2019s TGL match.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"70\">\u201cPlaying here in [TGL]? I don&#8217;t know,\u201d Woods said. \u201cI like watching these guys. As far as competitive golf, it\u2019s still some time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"73\">The 50-year-old hasn\u2019t played a Tour-sanctioned event since the 2024 British Open. He competed in a few TGL matches last year before tearing his Achilles in March, subsequently ending his season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"76\">Then, in October, Woods <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/tiger-woods-announces-another-back-surgery\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">had lumbar disc replacement surgery<\/a>, aiming to relieve pain and a lack of mobility in the area where he had two microdiscectomy procedures in recent years.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"79\">Having turned 50, the 82-time PGA Tour winner is eligible for the PGA Tour Champions, where he can use a cart. There\u2019s speculation he might play on the over-50 circuit, perhaps this summer at one of its major championships. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7c\">There\u2019s certainly a lot of anticipation for that, and it could be a good indicator of how his form is.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7f\">\u201c[Woods] already made his legacy. He\u2019s not going to come out [to the PGA Tour Champions] and like, recreate a new legacy,\u201d Stewart Cink told Golf.com. \u201cBut I think he would be able to strip it down to its purest form, and that\u2019s just competition, and testing himself out. It would be a good way for him to test out his body and see how things are going, getting ready for some of his other tournaments, majors and whatnot. It would be huge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7i\">At the Hero World Challenge in December, Woods, who has played only 11 official events since 2022, disclosed that he just begun putting and chipping, but wasn\u2019t yet taking full swings.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7l\">\u201cOnce I get a feel for practicing, exploding, playing, the recovery process, then I can assess where I&#8217;m going to play and how much I\u2019ll play,\u201d Woods said. \u201cI\u2019m a ways away from that part of it and that type of decision, that type of commitment level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7o\">And roughly two months since those statements, it appears Woods still has a hill to climb before he\u2019s inside the ropes again. <\/p>\n<p>More Golf from Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is Tiger Woods close to teeing it up again? 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