Golf’s longest World No. 1 Tiger Woods and the game’s second-longest running top-ranked Greg Norman will be competing just 20-klms apart this week in the Bahamas.

Woods makes his long-awaited return to competition for a first time in 10 months after undergoing a fourth operation in April of a long-running back injury.

Woods is hosting the Hero World Challenge while Australian great Greg Norman heads the field contesting the 2017 Necker Open.

It is the third occasion Woods event is being held on the exclusive Albany course and with Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama the defending champion.

The Manuka Doctor Neckar Open was first held in 2015 on the Saint Simons Island’s Sea Island Golf Club on Necker Island.

However the destruction caused by Hurricane Irma has forced tournament host Sir. Richard Branson to move the event to the stunning and recently re-opened Royal Blue course.

Stars of the 2017 Manuka Dr Necker Open being played on the Blue Royal course in the Bahamas.

Joining Norman in the celebrity pro-am is the PGA Tour’s Bryan DeChambeau and Austin Cook (Winner of the recent RSM Classic) along with Mark Knowles (Former World #1 in Doubles & 5 Time Olympian) and Jake Owen (Country Music Star and avid golfer).

While Woods was out practicing Sunday on the Albany course, Norman was having a late lunch with his wife, Kristen in a noodle restaurant within the stunning Baha Mar Resort Hotel and located just across the road from the Royal Blue course.

The double Open Champion then got his first look at the course around 4pm local time managing a few holes before darkness closed in near 90-minutes later.

Manuka Doctor Necker guests will play with pro golfers and celebrities over 27 holes and skills challenges on the Jack Nicklause redesigned Royal Blue that re-opened in April this year.

Norman will then swap his golf clubs for a tennis racket when he contests the Necker Tennis Open later in the week and following the golf.