Ten months after his right leg was badly damaged in a car crash, former No.1 Tiger Woods is returning to competition next week with 12-year-old son Charlie in the PNC Championship. (More Sports News)
바카라Although it바카라s been a long and challenging year, I am very excited to close it out by competing in the PNC Championship with my son Charlie,바카라 Woods tweeted. 바카라I바카라m playing as a Dad and couldn바카라t be more excited and proud.바카라
It will be his first competition, even in a tournament Woods described last week as the 바카라hit-and-giggle바카라 variety that he can play, since he and his son tied for seventh a year ago in the unofficial event that pairs family members.
The tournament was holding a spot for Woods, and he fueled speculation he might play the December 18-19 event at the Ritz Carlton Golf Club Orlando when he took full swings with driver on Saturday and Sunday during his Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.
바카라We have been liaising with Tiger and his team for some time and are delighted that he has now decided to make his return to competitive golf at the PNC Championship,바카라 said Alastair Johnston of IMG, the executive chairman of the event.
Woods was driving to a Los Angeles course for a television shoot on February 23 when police say he was driving about 85 mph along a winding, coastal suburban road. The SUV crashed through a median and plunged down a hill.
Doctors said he shattered the tibia and fibula bones in his right leg in multiple locations. Those were stabilized by a rod in the tibia. A combination of screws and pins were used to stabilise additional injuries in the ankle and foot.
Woods said last week that amputation was considered. He declined to discuss specifics of the crash, saying only 바카라you can read about all that there in the police report.바카라
The PNC Championship was formerly known as the Father-Son Challenge until it changed the title to be more inclusive of family members. For the first time in its 24 years, the tournament has a current No. 1 player in the field, Nelly Korda, who will be playing with her father Petr, a former Australian Open tennis champion.
Lee Trevino is playing again and has never missed the tournament since it began in 1995. Justin Thomas returns as the defending champion with his father, Mike, a longtime PGA professional.
Still, this becomes all about Woods inside the ropes, hitting shots that count toward a score. A year ago, it was his last event before a fifth back surgery, not as serious as the previous ones.
Toward the end of the second round, he was not hitting some tee shots because his son played from a forward tee and was getting it out there farther than Woods could have hit it. Fans are returning to the Florida course, and it already is close to a sellout because organizers limit ticket sales to preserve the intimate nature of the event.
The next question will be when Woods, who shares the career PGA Tour record with 82 victories, will play in an official event. He had said last week that was a long way off, dousing hopes of a return by suggesting his leg wouldn바카라t allow him to practice as much, he was at peace with that and 바카라I바카라ve made the climb enough times.바카라
He also said he hadn바카라t reached a point of deciding whether to complete a full comeback from his latest injuries. 바카라I바카라ll play a round here or there, a little hit and giggle, I can do something like that,바카라 he said.
바카라To see some of my shots fall out of the sky a lot shorter than they used to is a little eye-opening, but at least I바카라m able to do it again.
That바카라s something that for a while there it didn바카라t look like I was going to. Now I바카라m able to participate in the sport of golf. 바카라Now, to what level? I do not know that.바카라
The first level is with his son at his side in a 36-hole event where he doesn바카라t have to hit every shot and can ride in a cart. But the score will count, and that hasn바카라t happened since the PNC Championship last year.
