Tiger Woods shortly slapped down a suggestion from veteran Matt Kuchar that his sport and swing was “Tour prepared” after the previous world No.1 marked a taking part in return by ending second together with his son, Charlie, on the PNC Championship in Florida.
The 36-hole occasion was Woods’ first competitors since a automobile accident in February that just about value him his leg, and he spent the vast majority of the time in a motorised cart in between photographs.
A surprising ultimate spherical of 57, which included 11 birdies in a row for staff Woods, wasn’t sufficient to topple two-time main champion John Daly and his son, John Daly II, who had been victorious within the staff occasion.
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Woods, who had already declared a full-time tour return in 2022 was unlikely, grew to become the story after displaying sufficient indicators to recommend his sport was additional progressed than even the now 45-year-old had hoped.
However he was fast to downplay any suggestion he would do greater than “decide and select” the place he would play for the remainder of his profession.
“No, no, no, no,” Woods stated in response to Kuchar’s suggestion
“I completely disagree. I’m not … I’m not at that stage. I can’t compete once more these guys proper now, no. It’s going to take loads of work to get to the place I really feel like I can compete at these guys and be at a excessive stage.”
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As an alternative, Woods stated he nonetheless needed to push by way of fairly a little bit of ache simply to get on track with Charlie, nevertheless it was all value it.
“The aggressive juices, they’re by no means going to go away. That is my surroundings. That is what I’ve performed my whole life. I’m simply so grateful to have the ability to have this chance to do it once more. Earlier this yr was not an excellent begin to the yr and it didn’t look excellent,” he stated.
“However the previous couple of weeks, to push as laborious as we’ve the final seven months with taking no days off and simply working our butts off each day, and to have this chance to have the ability to play with my son and to have these recollections, for us, for each of us, our lifetime, it’s value all of the ache.”
Woods stated Charlie was even aware of his father’s physique, urging him to not play sure photographs to keep away from extra ache.
“There are days once they need to put the reins on me as a result of I wish to go and I get the aggressive juices going, identical to do I on the golf course and I wish to hit sure photographs,” he stated.
“Charlie was on the market telling me a pair instances yesterday and as we speak, ‘Don’t hit that shot, you understand what that does’.
“I stated, ‘Simply fear about your individual sport’.”
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Woods stated he couldn’t lock in a PGA Tour return date or affirm whether or not he’ll play the Masters in April that may now function six Australians after affirmation Min Woo Lee completed 2021 contained in the world’s high 50.
“So I don‘t know what number of occasions I’m going to be taking part in in,” he stated.,
“It’s going to be as much as coaching classes, apply classes, restoration ways, all these various things to have the ability to do it.
“As I stated … protecting on it now, and simply so grateful to have the ability to do that once more as a result of it didn’t look good there for just a little about it.”