- He was expected to play, but his website confirmed it with a schedule update.
- It was also announced Friday that Woods will hold a news conference on Tuesday.
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Tiger Woods is officially locked in for The Masters next week after he posted a rare update on his website.
The 48-year-old was long expected to play at Augusta National, but with the first major of the year less than a week away, the golf legend confirmed his presence on the course.
Woods’ website posted a rare schedule update on Friday, now listing the Masters as his next tournament.
It was also announced Friday that the 15-time major winner will speak to the media upon his return to Augusta.
Woods is scheduled to hold a news conference at 11 a.m. Tuesday between reigning champion Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy.
Tiger Woods officially locked in for The Masters next week after posting rare update
He was expected to play, but his website confirmed it with a rare schedule update.
Woods completed a sensational comeback when he won the major championship in 2019.
Woods’ presence in the major championship has been long anticipated after he officially appeared on the tournament website last month.
He continues his recovery from ankle surgery after he was forced to withdraw from last year’s Masters after the third round due to injury.
Woods last played competitively at the Genesis Invitational in February, where he was also forced to withdraw, this time due to illness just six holes into the second round.
The golf legend withdrew from Genesis after suffering “flu-like symptoms” and starting his second round with a fever, his business partner and close friend Rob McNamara had said.
Woods made a notable return to competitive golf at The Masters in 2022, just 14 months after a car accident in February 2021 nearly cost him his leg.
Injuries suffered during the accident have made walking around the course a struggle, as the 82-time PGA Tour winner limps at times.
Woods suffered visible pain during the wet and windy third round at Augusta National last year, before being forced to withdraw due to aggravated plantar fasciitis.
He underwent surgery in April to help with the injury and kept a relatively low profile on and off the field, before making a competitive return to the Hero World Challenge.
The previous concern about Woods’ ability to play a round was not his play itself, but the issue of walking the course due to ankle and leg pain.
The 48-year-old last played competitively at the Genesis Invitational in February.
The icon was forced to withdraw from last year’s Masters after the third round due to pain.
The 15-time Major winner has struggled to make the rounds since his horrific car accident in 2021.
However, after surgery, he revealed that walking was no longer a big concern.
“I’m not worried about walking it at all,” he said in November. ‘I don’t have any of the ankle pain I had with the hardware they put in my foot. All that is gone, but there are more of the other parts of my body, my knee hurts, my back hurts, the strength goes elsewhere. Just like when his back was fused, the strength had to go somewhere. It’s in the chain.
‘So, like I said, I’m as curious as all of you to know what’s going to happen. I haven’t done this in a while.’
Augusta National has been a special place for Woods and his career, providing the venue not only for his return in 2022, but also for his triumphant return in 2019, when he won his fifth Masters and first Major in 11 years (his 15th in total).