Tiger Woods found himself sitting behind a microphone for a first time since his latest bout of surgery.
Woods is the tournament host for this week’s 11th edition of the Hero World Challenge, again taking place in the Bahamas.
The 15-time major champion took his place up on the stage accompanied by the Hero Moto Corps Executive Chairman Dr. Pawan Munjal.
It was a near 30-minute conference and with Woods facing the majority of questionswhole golf course of subjects most to do with Woods present state of health, his hopeful return to competition, his new role as President of the PGA Tour players body and dealing with the Tour heirachy along with his thoughts on whether he’s been approached to captain the 2027 US Ryder Cup side and a strong statement no matter what he still faces, he believes he still win again.
However, it was a Tiger ‘tease’ that got the conference underway.
Qn: Tiger, I’m going to jump ahead to later this month when you turn 50. Happy early
birthday, by the way. There’s been a lot of speculation about what you may do next
year. What are your thoughts on possibly playing the PGA TOUR Champions?
TIGER WOODS: “Yeah, I’m probably going to play probably 25 events on both tours and I
think that should cover most of the year, right?”
Woods then paused before turning serious:
“No, I’m just looking forward to just let me get back to playing again, let me do that and then
I’ll kind of figure out what the schedule is going to be. I’m a ways away from that part of it
and that type of decision, that type of commitment level.
“Unfortunately, I’ve been through this rehab process before, it’s just step by step. Once I get
a feel for practicing, exploding, playing, the recovery process, then I can assess where I’m
going to play and how much I’ll play”.
You can read details off all the questions put to Tiger by going to:
When Tiger Talks, Everyone Listens – TWs Speaks For First Time Since His Seventh Back Surgery.
