Tiger Woods to return to PGA Tour action at next week’s Memorial in Ohio – The Guardian

Tiger Woods announced on Thursday that he will compete at next weeks Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio, the 15-times major champions first PGA Tour event in five months.
Im looking forward to playing in the @MemorialGolf next week, Woods said on his Twitter account. Ive missed going out and competing with the guys and cant wait to get back out there.
Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods)Im looking forward to playing in the @MemorialGolf next week. Ive missed going out and competing with the guys and cant wait to get back out there.
July 9, 2020
Woods last competed on the PGA Tour in mid-February when he labored through a final-round 77 at the Genesis Invitational where he finished last among players who made the cut.
The 44-year-old reigning Masters champion then skipped a number of events with back issues prior to the PGA Tours three-month Covid-19 hiatus that began in mid-March and opted to sit out the circuits first five events since the break.
Woods, who is one win shy of a record-breaking 83 PGA Tour victories, did play a 24 May charity match with Phil Mickelson and Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.
The Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village is one of the most high-profile, non-major events on the PGA Tour and Woods has triumphed there a record five times, most recently in 2012.
Woods will be part of a loaded field that also includes world number one Rory McIlroy, five-times major champion Phil Mickelson, 2018 Memorial champion Bryson DeChambeau and major winners Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia.
The 16-19 July tournament was originally supposed to have a limited number of spectators but earlier this week the PGA Tour scrapped plans to let fans attend due to Covid-19.

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