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Tiger Woods to skip the Players Championship as the Masters nears

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Tiger Woods won't be at The Players Championship next week at TPC Sawgrass. The PGA Tour released the field for its premier championship and Woods was not part of it. He has not given a reason. That leaves questions whether or where the five-time Masters champion will play before he gets to Augusta National for the first major of the year.

Tiger Woods aborda un vehículo luego de retirarse del Genesis Invitational en el Riviera Country Club de Los Ángeles, el viernes 16 de febrero de 2024 Tiger Woods stand on the fourth green during the second round of the Genesis Invitational golf tournament at Riviera Country Club Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles.

There was not an immediate reason why Woods chose not to play at the TPC Sawgrass, where he has won twice. He was not listed in the field that the PGA Tour released Friday. Even though injuries have severely limited his schedule, he would be eligible from his five-year exemption from winning the 2019 Masters.

Woods had surgery to fuse his right ankle after the Masters last year and didn’t return until the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas in December. He has said walking was no longer as big an issue, though he still got sore from other parts of his body. He has had five surgeries on his back.Ancer and Burmester shoot 63 to take first-round lead at LIV Golf tournament in Hong KongEven so, he was optimistic he could play once a month through the majors in 2024.

 

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