Tiger Woods and Charlie Woods are teaming up again for this year’s PNC Father-Son event in Orlando.
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Tiger Woods as a competing golfer is officially back. Less than 10 months after suffering serious injuries during a car crash, Woods is set to compete alongside his son Charlie at the PNC Championship next weekend in Orlando.
Woods’ involvement had been rumored for the past few weeks since he posted his first swing video and captioned it “making progress” on Nov. 21. GOLF.com reported late last week that Woods was seriously considering playing but that he needed to continue hitting balls and testing his body. It appears that all went well with Woods’ testing and we’ll now see him hit many shots down in Florida, with both weekend rounds televised by NBC and Golf Channel.
“Although it’s been a long and challenging year, I am very excited to close it out by competing in the PNC Championship with my son Charlie,” Woods said in a tweet. “I’m playing as a Dad and couldn’t be more excited and proud.”
The PNC is a two-round event with multiple pro-am rounds on Thursday and Friday (Dec. 16-17) before official competition begins on Saturday. Justin Thomas and his father Mike won the tournament last year. While the event is not an official PGA Tour competition, it is still a serious step for Woods’ comeback.
The 15-time major champion told the press recently that he is not able to grind in practice sessions as much as he used to. “It’s my reality, and I’ve accepted it,” Woods told Golf Digest last week. But that didn’t keep him from practicing on the range during much of last week’s Hero World Challenge, an event he hosts in the Bahamas.
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