{"id":1249383,"date":"2024-02-08T16:24:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T16:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/tiger-woods-excited-to-be-a-playing-host-at-genesis-invitational\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T16:57:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T16:57:58","slug":"tiger-woods-excited-to-be-a-playing-host-at-genesis-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/tiger-woods-excited-to-be-a-playing-host-at-genesis-invitational\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods \u2018excited to be a playing host\u2019 at Genesis Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tiger Woods will make his first competitive appearance of 2024 in next week\u2019s Genesis Invitational.<\/p>\n
The 15-time major winner announced on social media that he was \u201cexcited to be a playing host\u201d at Riviera Country Club \u2013 in a tournament which benefits his foundation \u2013 as he continues his latest comeback from injury.<\/p>\n
Woods underwent ankle surgery in April last year after withdrawing from the Masters during the third round and did not compete again until the Hero World Challenge in December.<\/p>\n
The 48-year-old finished 18th in the 20-man field in the Bahamas, but said after rounds of 75, 70, 71 and 72 that he was pleased with his progress<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I\u2019ve come a long way,\u201d Woods told NBC.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom being a little bit rusty to playing four days and knocked off a lot of rust which was great, and just the physicality of actually playing and competing again \u2013 I haven\u2019t done this in a while.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIt was nice to get out here with the guys, have some fun and compete. I wish I would have played a little cleaner but there\u2019s always next time.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked about his pre-tournament prediction that he could be able to play one competition a month in 2024, Woods added: \u201cIf you ask me right now I\u2019m a little bit sore.<\/p>\n \u201cBut once a month seems reasonable. It gives me a couple of weeks to recover, a week to tune up. Maybe I can get into a rhythm. That\u2019s what the plan was going into next year and I don\u2019t see why that would change.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 15-time major winner will continue his latest comeback from injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1249384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9051],"class_list":["post-1249383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-pa-news","priority_tax-homepage-slider"],"yoast_head":"\n