Tiger Woods is able to go for the most recent version of “The Match” on Saturday night time, even when his proper foot is not absolutely healed.
Woods, a 15-time main champion, will crew up with world No. 1 Rory McIlroy in a 12-hole match towards Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas underneath the lights at Pelican Golf Membership outdoors Tampa, Florida.
Woods, who was pressured to tug out of final week’s Hero World Problem within the Bahamas due to plantar fasciitis in his proper foot, mentioned with the ability to use a golf cart in The Match will assist “rather a lot.”
“I can hit golf balls. It is simply exhausting getting from level A to level B, so [the cart] will definitely assist rather a lot,” he mentioned Wednesday.
Woods, 46, performed simply 9 rounds in three main championships final season. He’s nonetheless recovering from critical accidents he suffered in a automobile wreck outdoors Los Angeles in February 2021.
“I can hit golf photographs,” Woods mentioned. “JT has been on the market watching me follow. … However being in a cart is a very completely different deal. That is one thing I’ve executed at house at Medalist fairly a bit. Once I was attempting to gear up and be capable of play within the Hero and see if I might truly do it, the strolling half was the problem, it wasn’t truly swinging.”
Woods hasn’t performed since lacking the minimize on the a hundred and fiftieth Open Championship at St. Andrews in July. He hasn’t but mentioned whether or not he’ll attempt to play in any official PGA Tour occasions earlier than the Masters in April. He’s scheduled to play together with his son, Charlie, in subsequent week’s PNC Championship in Orlando.
“I’ve bought to get this plantar to heal, and that simply takes time,” Woods mentioned. “It isn’t one thing that occurs in a single day. It should take a number of relaxation and therapeutic and sadly remedy. It is a robust street [for] anybody who has ever had it.”
Having McIlroy on his crew will definitely assist his possibilities of successful Saturday night time. The format is greatest ball, by which every participant performs his personal ball on holes and the bottom rating of the 2 gamers counts because the crew rating.
“I can let you know one factor: I’ve bought the No. 1 participant on the earth on my crew, so I am good,” Woods mentioned. “He’ll have the most effective cheerleader he is ever had.”
