Tiger Woods back on the PGA Tour but only as a tournament host – oregonlive.com

Tiger Woods speaks during a news conference for the Genesis Invitational golf tournament at Riviera Country Club, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Kang)APBy Doug Ferguson | AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES — From a balcony on the clubhouse, Tiger Woods could see Riviera in all its glory Wednesday under a blue sky, a sliver of the Pacific Ocean visible over the tops of trees and below him a course reputed to be as good as any on the PGA Tour.He’s expecting the course to be firm and fast, with the plan for the greens to get increasingly difficult. And then he interrupted himself with a realization Woods has come to accept.“Well,” he said with a smile, “I can’t tell you guys the plan because I’m not playing.”He is the tournament host of the Genesis Invitational, nothing more. And that’s all he will be until his legs are healed enough from a harrowing car crash a year ago about 20 miles away from Riviera.At best, Woods figures he would only be able to play a few events each year. But that starts with being able to compete while walking. Most frustrating is…
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