On Friday afternoon, Tiger Woods announced via Twitter that he was making his return to competition at next week's Genesis Invitational. The Tiger is a longtime host of the event at Riviera Country Club, where he made his PGA Tour debut as a 16-year-old amateur in 1992 but never won as a than professional.

Tiger Woods - © prev news - via Flickr

Tiger Woods - © prev news - via Flickr

During the Hero World Challenge last December, Woods hinted that his focus would be on major championships going forward. But he hasn't ruled out competing in other Tour events either.

This will be Woods' first official non-major PGA Tour start since the 2020 Zozo Championship. Last year he appeared in three major championships and made two cuts, although he retired after three. rounds of the PGA Championship.

“The goal is to only play the major championships and maybe one or two more. That's all ", said Woods. “Physically, that's all I can do. I told you guys, you know, earlier this year, too. I mean I don't have much time left in this leg so get ready for the bigger ones and hopefully you know lightning gets in a bottle and I'm up there in the competition with a chance to win and hopefully I remember how to do it. »

Tiger Woods is ranked No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings; he ended 283 in 2020st place and, less than two months later, he was seriously injured in a car accident near Los Angeles and did not play competitively again until the PNC Championship in December 41 .

Woods' last start at Riviera was a 68th-place solo finish in 2020.

The Genesis Invitational is the Tour's third designated event of the year, following this week's Sentry Tournament of Champions and WM Phoenix Open. The purse will be $20 million, including $3,6 million for the winner.

All of the world's top 50 players who are eligible except two of them - Aaron Wise and Si Woo Kim - are on the entry list, including world number 1 Rory McIlroy, number 2 Scottie Scheffler and the rest of the top 10 without Cameron Smith.

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