![]() He even implied he wasn’t planning to play after this week until the Masters in April. Woods reiterated he’ll never be able to play a full schedule again. So it’s just a build-up, and it’s built up fantastic to get to this point.” And it’s gone from a few holes to nine holes to the back nine and then to 18 holes and go back home, practice. ![]() Then I’ll play, I’ll hop in a cart when I get a little tired. “I’ve gone out to Medalist and hit balls, I’ve walked the golf course when I’ve played. I’ve got a neat little practice facility in my backyard so I can do a little bit of short game work there and a little bit of progression,” Woods said. News Tour Confidential: Tiger Woods’ return, designated events, Augusta changes By: Woods said he’s been hitting balls and practicing at home “almost every day” in preparation to return this week. Then Tuesday, he offered a bit of optimism. He stated in December, when he withdrew from the Hero and later played in two events with the aid of a cart, that walking was the most difficult thing for him at this point, not hitting balls. Woods played just nine competitive rounds in 2022 after a single-car crash just days after the Genesis in 2021 left him with open fractures to both the tibia and fibula as well as damage to that right ankle that nearly forced amputation. ![]() So being able to have it recover from day-to-day and meanwhile still stress it but have the recovery and also have the strength development at the same time, it’s been an intricate little balance that we’ve had to dance.” “The leg is better than it was last year, but it’s my ankle. “It’s more my ankle, whether I can recover from day-to-day,” Woods said. The 15-time major winner, who is making his first PGA Tour start since the Open Championship in July and first start at a non-major since 2020, said it’s not the foot that’s been his biggest hindrance this time. “Not as much, it’s better,” Woods said of the condition. The plantar fasciitis that kept him out of the Hero is still a problem more than two months later but not enough to miss the event he hosts that benefits his foundation. News Tiger Woods’ latest comeback means a wild golfing week is ahead By:
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