Recuperating Tiger Woods won’t compete in Hero World Challenge

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior AuthorNov 25, 2024, 05:55 PM ET

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Tiger Woods introduced Monday he will not compete in subsequent week’s Hero World Problem, an unofficial event he hosts within the Bahamas.

The 15-time main champion revealed his choice in an announcement on X. It wasn’t surprising after Woods introduced in mid-September he had undergone what’s believed to be his sixth again surgical procedure.

„I’m disenchanted that I won’t be able to compete this 12 months on the Hero World Problem, however at all times sit up for being event host and spending the week with @HeroMotoCorp,“ Woods wrote.

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Woods stated Justin Thomas, Jason Day and Nick Dunlap would obtain exemptions into the 20-man discipline, which is able to compete Dec. 5-8 at Albany Golf Membership in New Windfall, Bahamas. World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler is the defending champion.

Final 12 months, Woods completed 18th at even par, 20 strokes behind Scheffler. Woods was making his first begin in additional than seven months. He was getting back from surgical procedure to deal with post-traumatic arthritis in his proper ankle and foot, which was attributable to accidents he sustained in a automobile wreck in February 2021.

Woods‘ newest process was a micro decompression surgical procedure of the lumbar backbone for nerve impingement within the decrease again, which he hopes will eradicate again spasms and ache he handled this previous season.

The 82-time PGA Tour winner made 5 begins in 2024, lacking three cuts and withdrawing from the Genesis Invitational due to sickness. He completed sixtieth on the Masters, which was final amongst golfers who made the minimize.

Woods, 48, hasn’t stated whether or not he’ll play in subsequent month’s PNC Championship in Orlando, Florida, together with his son Charlie.