Golf: Tiger, Charlie Woods to team up at PNC Championship

ORLANDO – Tiger Woods, who has not competed since missing the cut at the British Open in July, has added a third December event to his calendar as he agreed to play with his son Charlie at the PNC Championship in Orlando, tournament organisers said on Friday.

The Dec 15-18 event at Ritz-Carlton Golf Club is a 36-hole tournament with a field of 20 Major champions and a family member, and sets up what will be a busy finish to the year for Woods.

Limited to three events so far in 2022 due to the effects of injuries suffered in a car crash the year before, Woods has added the

Dec 1-4 Hero World Challenge

to his schedule and will play

a 12-hole, made-for-TV exhibition dubbed “The Match” on Dec 10.

For Woods and 13-year-old son Charlie, this will mark

their third time playing in the PNC Championship,

having finished seventh in 2020 before returning a year later when they came runners-up to twice Major champion John Daly and his son.

“This is such a special opportunity as a dad to get to compete with my son against so many golfing greats and their family members,” Woods, who rattled off 11 birdies in a row to set the longest birdie streak in the history of the tournament, said in a news release.

“It is going to be a very special week and I know that Charlie and I will have a blast.”

The elder Woods, who turns 47 on Dec 30, surprised the golf world in April when he returned to competition at the Masters, where he shot an opening-round 71 and made the cut before fading to 47th place over the weekend as his leg injuries took a toll.

Six weeks later, the 15-time Major champion withdrew from the PGA Championship after carding a nine-over-par 79 in the third round during which his surgically-repaired right leg appeared to be causing him significant discomfort.

Woods then skipped the US Open, the year’s third Major, so he could focus on the British Open at St. Andrews where he finished nine over par for his two rounds.

Among those also confirmed for the US$1.085 million (S$1.49 million) PNC Championship are Daly, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Gary Player, Nick Faldo, Tom Lehman, Mark O’Meara, Vijay Singh, Justin Leonard, Nick Price, Lee Trevino, Annika Sorenstam and Nelly Korda. REUTERS