After seven months, Tiger Woods will be back on the course.

The 15-time major champion makes his return to golf this weekend at the 2023 Hero World Challenge at Albany in the Bahamas. Woods also hosts the tournament as part of his TGR Ventures.

The tournament, which will take place from Nov. 30-Dec. 3, isn’t a PGA Tour event and has a field of 20 players for the weekend. Players include Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland, Max Homa and Jordan Spieth.

It will be the first time Woods will play professional golf since the 2023 Masters in April, where he made the cut but withdrew before the third round due to injury by reaggravating his plantar fasciitis.

Is Tiger Woods retired?

Despite a lengthy injury history in recent years, Woods has not announced any plans to retire or do a farewell tour from professional golf. There was speculation he could retire after having ankle surgery to address his post-traumatic arthritis following the Masters, but his return in the Bahamas indicates he is going to attempt to continue his career.

This won’t be the only tournament Woods will play in the near future. He, along with son Charlie, will compete in the PNC Championship at Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando, Florida on Dec. 16-17, marking two tournaments in three weekends for Woods.

Tiger Woods new caddie

When Woods takes the course on Nov. 30, there is uncertainty as to who will be joining him as his caddie

Joe LaCava has been Woods’ caddie since 2011, but when Woods underwent surgery and didn’t have a timeline for his return, LaCava became the full-time caddie for fellow PGA Tour player Patrick Cantlay. LaCava got approval from Woods to be on the bag for Cantlay during his time away from golf.

There hasn’t been an announcement as to who will be on the bag for Woods in the Bahamas.

What about Tiger Woods’ indoor golf league?

The new TGL indoor golf league led by Woods and Rory McIlroy was scheduled to start on Jan. 9, 2024, but it took a major hit after the SoFi Center dome – the host venue that was still under construction for TGL matches on the campus of Palm Beach State College – deflated on Nov. 14.

As a result, the league decided to postpone play until early 2025.

Tiger Woods is finally making a comeback at Albany in the Bahamas. After a long period of seclusion due to his injuries, the golf legend will be swinging his club in the land of the Commonwealth. With that, a piece of his advice gets the spotlight in the golf world.

While golf is a game of golf swings, it is a natural inclination to get swayed by the fancy swings, but for the game, there are other aspects more important than swings, and Woods demonstrated exactly the right way to go about it. So, what is the golf GOAT’s right way of playing golf?

Tiger Woods Crucial Piece of Age-old Advice 

The greatest golfer of all time had shared a piece of advice that was well-received by the golf community fourteen years ago. This very piece of advice holds power even to this day. In an interview session, he talked about how golf doesn’t have a specific way to play. He also appreciated every golfer’s way of playing.

Added to that, he talked about the most beautiful part of golf, which is that it can be played in several ways; whatever works for the golfer is the best. He went on to talk about how different body parts can be utilized. “You can play it with hands. You can play it with all body. You can play anywhere in between. … We all have our own finger print. You have to find a system that works best for you.” 

Lastly, he ended the conversation with, “Whatever makes your game better, do it. If you hit the ball better and hit it [more consistently], do it”

Wise words indeed! Tiger Woods has inspired a generation of budding golfers, and he will continue to do so for generations to come. At the year’s end, Woods will be participating in two back-to-back tournaments. He has finally recovered from the injuries in his right leg that led him to withdraw from the Masters Tournament back in April. The aggravated plantar fasciitis during the third round even made the Hall of Famer undergo subtalar fusion surgery later. But as per recent reports, Woods is healthy, and he is practicing hard for his comeback.

He will make a return in his own event, the Hero World Challenge, scheduled to be played from November 30 to December 3. Last week, he confirmed his participation as the 20th player on the field. After that, he will also be joining his son Charlie Woods at the PNC Championship, hoping to finally grab a win after his 2021 close call, where the duo ended up losing to John Daly and his son. Thus, Woods is evidently running a tough schedule, and his old advice might work wonders for him.

It is Tiger Woods and his fans’ era! After months of staying silent, the golfer is feeding his well-wishers nothing but great updates back-to-back. Following his comeback news a few days ago, new reports reveal that the 47-year-old will team up with his son, Charlie Woods, at the much anticipated PNC Championship.

The unofficial PGA Tour Champions event is already popular in the golf community as many former major champions and their family members tee up for it. However, with the 15-time major champion and his golf prodigy son being a part of it, the event’s popularity will escalate to no limits.

Notably, it is not the first time the Woods-duo has competed at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Orlando against other teams. However, despite being the fan favorites, the pair has never won the title. With Tiger recovering from his accident and Charlie frequently playing in junior golf events, that is a possibility no one can rule it out easily.

“It is an amazing gift to be able to share my love of golf with Charlie,” Woods Sr. said after announcing the news. “We genuinely do look forward to playing in the PNC Championship all years,” he added. It is a much-known fact that he is a good dad to son Charlie and daughter Sam. For this reason, he considers this event close to his heart. “Competing together,” he further added, “against a field of so many golfing greats and their families, is so special.” 

All the possible threats for Charlie and Tiger Woods at the Orlando golf course

The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club will witness 20 major champions and their one family member compete as a team from December 14 to 17. From defending champions Vijay Singh and his son Qass to Steve Stricker, who has won 6 times on the Senior Tour this year, including a major, and his state champion daughter Izzie are all part of the 2023 field

John Daly and his son John Daly II, LPGA GOAT Annika Sorenstam and her son Will McGee, Nelly Korda and her dad Petr Korda… the list of roadblocks for Tiger and Charlie goes on. Even Justin Thomas and his dad, Mike, who are like a second family to the Woods’, would also want to win a PNC Championship belt this year as well

While golfers make history on the golf course, the team and individuals behind the scenes make sure that the players hit the perfect shit which stars in the news. On Essentially Sports’ FanCast Exclusive, the Iconic golf coach, Pete Cowen, shares tits and bits about making a major winner.

Pete Cowen has made legendary golfers like Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka, Sergio Garcia, and many more in his decade-long career. Cowen knows what makes and breaks a player. Following the topic of Rory McIlroy’s major championship drought, Cowen highlighted the chances of Tiger Woods clinching another major victory.

Pete Cowen’s claims Tiger Woods can still do it at the age of 50

Essentially Sports Noah Slack asked the legendary golfer about when will McIlroy end his 10-year drought. McIlroy won his last major in 2012 at the Open Championship. Since then, the 4x major winner has always been a few steps away from grabbing another win. Slack used the example of Tiger Woods, as he too won his 15th major after 10 winless years.

“He is one of the best players in the world.” However, McIlroy now has a tough competition, Brooks Koepka. As Cowen said, “Brooks has won five majors in the last six years, since 17. So all of a sudden Rory’s got players that are major winners.” McIlroy is trying his very best.

Koepka, even being a LIV golfer, has an exemption for the majors for the next five years. Speaking on the topic of major winners, Cowen dug up Phil Mickelson winning his last major at the age of 50 and said, “If Mickelson can win at 50 then Tiger Woods can win at 50.” Woods is nearing 50 and might make his comeback at the Augusta National next year.

Cowen describes the change success brings in players 

Noah Slack asked Cowen about the nature of McIlroy, off the course as he has been in the news for raging and taking a strong stance against the LIV defectors. Cowen dedicated McIlroy’s caddie and best friend, Harry Diamond, to keeping in check and calming him behind the scenes. However, Cowen did confess the stark difference between young Rory and McIlroy at present. Cowen said, “The problem is, if you give a 20-year-old $50 million, are they gonna change? Of course, they change.”

Moreover, Cowen sort of warned the fans and said, “Admire your heroes from the far because when you get close to them, they surely disappoint you.”  Cowen was speaking in the general sense of the fascination of the fans with their inspiration, particularly for McIlroy. Have you ever been disheartened with your hero? And do you believe Tiger Woods will win another major?

Tiger Woods draws closer to PGA Tour return but his son Charlie Woods struggles to get things going in latest event.

Tiger Woods appears to be striding towards an imminent 

PGA Tour return after new video footage emerged of him walking purposefully alongside his young cub Charlie Woods at the Notah Begay III Invitational on Sunday. 

Woods, 47, has been out of competitive action due to recovering from ankle surgery ever since after The Masters in April 2022.

But the signs certainly look good for a return after watching Woods striding around the course with Charlie seemingly without much anguish or pain.

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Woods has been caddying for Charlie, 14, in the three-day Notah Begay III Invitational at Koasati Pines in Louisiana.

Charlie qualified for this tournament after posting a superb round of 66 at the Last Chance Regional.

But he has somewhat struggled after two days in the tournament itself following rounds of 73 and 74.

That sees Charlie Woods lie at 5-over par in a tie for 23rd ahead of Monday’s final round.

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Charlie is currently 14 strokes behind runaway leader Lucky Cruz at 9-under par.

Lucky holds a four-stroke lead heading into the final round in the Boys 14-15 Division event.

Charlie finished 1-under par in this tournament 12 months ago

It is believed Woods could now be in contention for a return at his annual Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas at the end of this month.

Should he not be able to make that in time, there is hope he will be teeing it up alongside Charlie in the father-son PNC Championship just before Christmas.

Eight-time PGA Tour winner and former Open champion Stewart Cink, 50, recently told Golfweek that Woods is “in go-mode for something”.

Woods currently has 82 PGA Tour wins which is tied for the most ever alongside late great Sam Snead.

How do you think Tiger Woods will get on when he returns to the game? Can he win again on the PGA Tour and set the outright record for PGA Tour wins? Will he decide to take up the US Ryder Cup captai + Add New Category ncy for 2025 at Bethpage Black? Share your thoughts and comments over on the GolfMagic social media channels.