{"id":189444,"date":"2025-10-10T02:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T02:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/189444\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T02:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T02:23:12","slug":"tiger-woods-eyes-return-as-top-stars-commit-to-hero-world-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/189444\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods eyes return as top stars commit to Hero World Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tournament host Tiger Woods was absent from the initial player field announced Tuesday for the Dec. 4-7 Hero World Challenge in Albany, Bahamas, though he could still claim one of the three available exemption spots.<\/p>\n

The 15-time major champion has not competed since missing the cut at the 2024 British Open and underwent surgery in March to repair a ruptured left Achilles tendon.<\/p>\n

So far, two-time defending champion Scottie Scheffler and 2016 winner Hideki Matsuyama of Japan are among the 17 players who have officially committed to the Hero World Challenge\u2019s 20-man field.<\/p>\n

In total, six of the top 10 players in the world are among those 17, a group that, in addition to Scheffler, includes Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas, J.J. Spaun, Robert MacIntyre and Harris English.<\/p>\n

The rest of the field will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n

On Monday, TGL, the tech-infused indoor team golf league that Woods founded with Rory McIlroy, said the American would make his Season 2 debut Jan. 13.<\/p>\n

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