PGA Tour: Tiger Woods to make season debut at Riviera in Los Angeles

Feb 08, 2024 at 7:55 PM
PGA Tour: Tiger Woods to make season debut at Riviera in Los Angeles

Tiger Woods will make his first PGA Tour look of the 12 months on the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, the golfer confirmed on Wednesday.

“Excited to be host next week,” Woods posted on social media.

The 48-year-old final competed in an official PGA Tour occasion on the 2023 Masters event in April however performed in two occasions in December.

Woods performed together with his son Charlie on the PNC Championship in Orlando on December 18 after enjoying within the Hero World Challenge within the Bahamas earlier within the month.

The 15-times main champion, has struggled since struggling extreme leg accidents in a 2021 automotive crash and he underwent ankle surgical procedure after the Masters in April.

The Genesis Invitational is held from February 15-18 and Woods is the host of the occasion.

Last month Woods mentioned he was ending his long-standing partnership with sportswear firm Nike and it is going to be attention-grabbing to see what gear and clothes he options in at Riviera.

After enjoying on the PNC Championship, Woods mentioned he felt in form to hold out his plan of month-to-month aggressive motion this 12 months.

“I’ll be able to walk and play,” Woods mentioned after the ultimate spherical of the Orlando occasion

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“We’ve been working out hard, been able to recover. We’ve been training every day, which is great. It’s been nice to knock off a lot of the rust and some of the doubt that I’ve had because quite frankly I haven’t hit a shot that counted in a long time,” he mentioned.

The Masters might be held at Augusta National the week of April 8.

The 2024 schedule sees the PGA Championship in May, the US Open in June and the British Open in July.