(Los Angeles) “If I would like to play more? Yes. Can I? I don’t know, ”said Tiger Woods, who will return to the greens after seven months of absence, Thursday at the Genesis Invitational in Los Angeles, which he sponsors but has never won yet.
“I’m not going to play a full season, so I have to be able to choose my tournaments. As I said last year, it will be the Majors and maybe one or two more. I have to be realistic about this. But I will put all my energy into my participation in these events, ”added the 47-year-old American, winner of 15 Grand Slam tournaments.
The golfing superstar hasn’t played since the British Open in July 2022. The Scottish Major was her third and final tournament of the year, with the PGA Championship in May and the Augusta Masters in April , where he made an unexpected comeback, sticks in hand, after his serious car accident on February 23, 2021.
That Tuesday morning, he had just left the Riviera Country Club located in Pacific Palisades where the Genesis is organized, when he made a brutal exit from the road, his SUV chaining several barrels before finishing his race in the vicinity of a dual track. He suffered several open fractures in his legs, especially the right, the most damaged, which gave little hope for the continuation of his career.
“The initial plan was to play, it remains to be seen what my stamina will be. I was able to recover well from my injury,” continued Woods, who has been treating plantar fasciitis for the past two months. An injury related to those suffered the previous year during his road accident.
“The key is in terms of day-to-day recovery. My leg is in better shape than last year, but my ankle is the problem. We had to make sure that she relaxes, recovers, while restoring her strength at the same time, it’s a complex balance to find, ”he said.
“So yeah, I’m very rusty, but I’ve been through that a few times in the past. I have prepared myself tactically and I also know this course, on which I have not had much success elsewhere”, smiled the “Tiger” who has indeed never won this tournament yet, he who nevertheless co-holds , with Sam Snead, the record for the number of USPGA victories (82), the last dating back to 2019 at the Zozo Championship.