The PGA Tour has created a particular sponsor exemption for Tiger Woods that may enable him to play within the tour’s eight signature occasions every year.
Contemplating Woods has performed in simply 4 occasions this yr, Woods would usually be ineligible to compete, as he has been exterior the top-50 of the FedEx Cup rankings all yr.
Nevertheless, the exemption was created “to acknowledge Tiger Woods in his personal class as a participant who has reached an distinctive lifetime achievement threshold of 80+ profession wins,” the tour stated in a memo to its gamers, by way of ESPN.
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Tiger Woods of the US traces up a putt on the first inexperienced throughout Day Two of The a hundred and fiftieth Open at St Andrews Outdated Course on July 15, 2022 in St Andrews, Scotland. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Pictures)
Woods is tied with Sam Snead for essentially the most wins in tour historical past, with 82. His 15 majors rank second behind Jack Nicklaus’ 18.
The Tour initiated “signature occasions” amid the start of LIV Golf and conversations with the Saudi-funded league, in addition to its personal gamers. The limited-field occasions have increased purses and extra FedEx Cup factors for grabs.
This season, the signature occasions had been The Sentry, AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am, Genesis Invitational, Arnold Palmer Invitational, RBC Heritage, Wells Fargo Championship, Memorial Event and this weekend’s Vacationers Championship.
Tiger Woods waves after his climate delayed second spherical of the Masters golf event at Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership on Saturday, April 8, 2023, in Augusta, Georgia. (AP Picture/Charlie Riedel)
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For the reason that 2022 Masters, Woods has competed in simply 9 occasions. The one non-major he has performed in has been the Genesis Invitational, which he hosts at Riviera. He withdrew from that event this yr.
Woods, 48, gave a relatively murky outlook when requested if final weekend’s U.S. Open, which he missed the minimize, was his final.
“I do not know… it might or is probably not,” he stated.
It has been a troublesome stretch for Woods, who in 13 majors since successful the inexperienced jacket in 2019 has did not muster a top-20 end since. It’s his longest such streak since failing to complete inside the highest 20 within the first six majors of his profession in 1995 and 1996. In his final 25 majors, he has 4 prime 20 finishes.
Woods confirmed that he’ll play on the Open Championship subsequent month, which will likely be his closing event of the yr, and he’ll come again to aggressive golf “every time I come again.”
Tiger Woods seems to be on from the second tee through the second spherical of The Masters at Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership on April 08, 2022 in Augusta, Georgia. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Pictures)
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Royal Troon hosts this yr’s Open Championship starting on July 18. Woods has not made the minimize within the event since his T6 end in 2018. There was no Open in 2020, and he missed the 2021 and 2023 occasions.
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