Tiger Woods has fuelled hypothesis that his about to make a return to aggressive golf by leaving an area spare at his personal event. The 15-time main champion introduced the sector for his Hero World Challenge within the Bahamas, which will get underway on November 30, naming world No. 1 Scottie Sheffler and Ryder Cup hereo Viktor Hovland amongst a high-quality line-up.

But with 17 of the 18 positions occupied, Woods stated that he has left one house open for a "to be announced tournament exemption", dropping the most important trace but that he's able to get again on the green.

Woods left an area open for himself on the identical event final yr however was unable to take part resulting from plantar fasciitis. However, with one slot nonetheless obtainable as soon as extra it seems to be like he may very well be prepared to finish his injury-imposed exile from the game.

The 47-year-old's final look was at August National in April when he was compelled to withdraw from The Masters. Since then he has undergone surgical procedure on his proper leg, which was severely broken in a 2021 automotive accident.

A press release launched on his personal Twitter account in April stated that he had undergone a fusion of the subtalar joint “to address his post-traumatic arthritis from his previous talus fracture”. The subtalar joint is positioned slightly below the ankle joint, between the talus bone and heel bone.

Woods has solely managed to compete in 5 tournaments since his automotive crash in Southern California. Despite making the lower 4 occasions he was solely in a position to full 72 holes twice.

That he's nonetheless in a position to think about competing in any respect is nothing wanting miraculous, such was the severity of his traumatic accident. Following the incident, he needed to have main surgical procedure on his proper leg. Both the higher and decrease parts of his tibia and fibula had damaged in a number of locations and he additionally suffered injury to his ankle bones.

Speaking at this yr's Masters, he stated: “I’m very lucky to have this leg. It’s mine. Yes, it has been altered and there’s some hardware in there, but it’s still mine.

"It has been tough and will always be tough. The ability and endurance of what my leg will do going forward will never be the same. I understand that. That's why I can't prepare and play as many tournaments as I like, but that's my future, and that's okay. I'm okay with that.”

Other gamers set to seem on the Hero World Challenge embrace European Ryder Cup stars Matt Fitzpatrick, Sepp Strakka and 11 of the 12 gamers that made up the USA workforce in Rome. Only LIV golfer Brooks Koepka is lacking from Zach Johnson's facet.