{"id":264830,"date":"2022-11-30T17:14:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T17:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/a-nice-birdie-fest-tiger-woods-expecting-low-scoring-hero-world-challenge\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T18:59:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:59:42","slug":"a-nice-birdie-fest-tiger-woods-expecting-low-scoring-hero-world-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/a-nice-birdie-fest-tiger-woods-expecting-low-scoring-hero-world-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"A nice birdie-fest \u2013 Tiger Woods expecting low scoring Hero World Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tiger Woods believes the Hero World Challenge will be a low-scoring affair, despite his absence from the elite 20-man field in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p>Woods was due to return to action at Albany for the first time since missing the cut in the 150th Open Championship in July, but withdrew on Monday due to plantar fasciitis in his right foot.<\/p>\n<p>The 15-time major winner also let slip in his Tuesday press conference that he had undergone \u201ca couple of surgeries\u201d this year as a result of competing again following a life-threatening car accident in February 2021, although he declined to reveal any details.<\/p>\n<p><!-- EMBED START Twitter --><\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HeroWorldChallenge?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HeroWorldChallenge<\/a> is the perfect combination of an incredible field in golf and an exclusive setting at Albany, Bahamas<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f399; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TigerWoods?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tigerwoods<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0dKMASdiV5\">pic.twitter.com\/0dKMASdiV5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TGR Live (@TGRLiveEvents) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TGRLiveEvents\/status\/1597998002647408641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/figure>\n<p><!-- EMBED END Twitter --><\/p>\n<p>Woods still plans to partner Rory McIlroy in The Match against Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas on December 10 and contest the PNC Championship with son Charlie the following week, but for now has to focus on hosting duties at an event which benefits his foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to watching these guys play,\u201d Woods said. \u201cThe golf course is in amazing shape. I went out and took a look at it, and the golf course is running like it should.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they\u2019ll probably get the greens a little bit faster come tournament days, but other than that, there\u2019s hardly any divots to deal with on the golf course so you\u2019re going to see some low scores here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t really hang around making too many pars, you\u2019re going to get left behind. So this can be a nice birdie-fest and should be exciting for all the viewers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>World number 16 Max Homa was paired with Woods in the first two rounds of the Open at St Andrews and admits he still finds it tough to come to terms with being friends with his childhood hero.<\/p>\n<p><!-- EMBED START Image --><\/p>\n<figure id=\"embedded267886375\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/image.assets.pressassociation.io\/v2\/image\/production\/cd6fedd3f0850412a4618ef66252cf47Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjY5OTEzODk0\/2.67886375.jpg?w=640\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/image.assets.pressassociation.io\/v2\/image\/production\/cd6fedd3f0850412a4618ef66252cf47Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjY5OTEzODk0\/2.67886375.jpg?w=320 320w, https:\/\/image.assets.pressassociation.io\/v2\/image\/production\/cd6fedd3f0850412a4618ef66252cf47Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjY5OTEzODk0\/2.67886375.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/image.assets.pressassociation.io\/v2\/image\/production\/cd6fedd3f0850412a4618ef66252cf47Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjY5OTEzODk0\/2.67886375.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" alt=\"Max Homa\" data-title=\"The Open 2022 \u2013 Day One \u2013 St Andrews\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Jane Barlow\" data-usage-terms=\"Editorial use only. No commercial use. Still image use only. The Open Championship logo and clear link to The Open website (TheOpen.com) to be included on website publishing\" \/><figcaption>Max Homa, left, partnered Tiger Woods in the first two rounds of the 2022 Open Championship (Jane Barlow\/PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- EMBED END Image --><\/p>\n<p>Homa, who is making his tournament debut this week, said: \u201cIt\u2019s still cool. My friend who\u2019s with me asked me if it\u2019s still weird being around Tiger and I would say yes. It\u2019s definitely different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t feel like this is the thing that\u2019s making me feel like I belong, I felt like that for quite a while, but it is very cool to be here<a href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/adam-scott-relishing-chance-to-experience-a-career-first-at-the-australian-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a> This event used to be in my backyard in LA, so we would go (to watch) every year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just cool to be able to play an event that is obviously incredibly exclusive, you have to have had a great year, I guess a couple of years world ranking-wise to be here and it feels like a nice reward<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfTodayUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Norway\u2019s Viktor Hovland will defend the title he won on his tournament debut last year, with Masters champion Scottie Scheffler, US Open winner Matt Fitzpatrick, US PGA champion Justin Thomas and world number five Jon Rahm also in the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woods withdrew on Monday due to plantar fasciitis in his right foot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9051],"class_list":["post-264830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-pa-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.3 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Woods expecting low scoring<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tiger Woods expecting low scoring at Hero World Challenge. 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