As golf fans await whether Tiger Woods will compete in the next two majors, he has pledged to compete at JP McManus Pro-Am in Limerick, Ireland on July 4-5. The charity event was held just over a week before the 150th Open Championship in St. Andrews in Scotland.
Woods, who ended 17 months of layoffs with golf by cutting at the 2022 Masters last week, has committed to playing The Open on Sunday after his 72 holes at Augusta National. He will likely play pro-am, held at Adare Manor, as a means of preparing for the final main game of the season, a celebratory edition of The Open held at the “beloved playground”. favorite in the world” by Woods.
Whether The Open is the next professional golf event Woods plays remains to be seen. He told SkySports on Sunday that he will never play on a full schedule again but focus on getting ready for the important tournaments.
The 2022 PGA Championship will take place in May, and like The Open, it will be held in a venue all too familiar to Woods. Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where Tiger won the 2007 PGA Championship, is serving as the host. Between those major championships is the 2022 US Open in June at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Likely contributing to Woods’ reluctance to commit to pre-July events is the fact that he played the last 36 holes at masters. Though he continued his streak at the Masters with his 22nd straight game as a professional, Woods hit a six out of 78 on Saturday and Sunday, the worst two innings of his career. his career at Augusta. Furthermore, he had a noticeable limp throughout the weekend, often using a cane made of iron to support his surgically repaired right leg.
The 15-time Masters champion came just 14 months after being involved in a serious car accident that left him nearly losing a limb. Tiger being able to compete in the Masters is already a remarkable feat, and while it’s impressive to play 72 holes anywhere, doing it on a hilly course like Augusta National is an accomplishment. accumulate.
However, Woods may need time to recover and recover from that effort, meaning decisions about the PGA Championship and US Open may not be made until closer to the respective majors. response.
St. Andrews is noticeably flat, and with wide open channelways, it should make for a much more comfortable ride for Woods. Considering his experience playing the course, Tiger can see this as an opportunity to not only perform well, but to do so at a historic tournament as it is the 150th anniversary of the event at the venue. its most famous.
