Tiger Woods Makes a Return to Competitive Golf after 301 Days

Tiger Woods returned to golf and looks like he isn't leaving anytime soon.

Tiger Woods. Photo by Mark Newcombe/Visions in Golf/REX/Shutterstock (6047230q)

It finally happened. Tiger Woods, one of the most successful golfers in the history of the sport, made his comeback to competitive golf. Woods competed on Thursday at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, finishing Day 1 three-under 69. He ended up tied for eighth, three strokes behind current tournament leader Tommy Fleetwood.

It’s was not only nice to get that first round out of the way, but I’m only three shots out of the lead,” –said Woods.” For me, I thought I did great. I hadn’t played in awhile. After some of the difficulties I’ve been through, to come out here and score like I did, it was nice to be part of a scorecard again.

Although he might watch at the scoreboard, the final standings won’t play a big role for Woods. His main goal is to see how his body will react to the effort of playing golf and realize if he still got what it takes. If the Day 1 performance is any indicator, Tiger still has some fire in him.

Woods appearing at Hero World Challenge is a pleasant surprise, especially after he said in September 2017 that he might not return to golf at all. At the moment, Woods was recovering from his fourth back surgery since 2014 and didn’t participate in competitive golf since Farmers Insurance Open in January.

I don’t know what 100 percent means after eight surgeries, but I’ll try and get as close as I can to that number,” – said Woods at the time. “But as I said, we just take it one step at a time. It’s a process, and I’m in no hurry. As far as my health, I’m feeling great.

Then in October, Woods announced his golfing career still isn’t over and a revealed he will be a part of Hero World Challenge.

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