Tiger Woods, a 15-time main winner, arrived at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina this week forward of the 2024 U.S. Open.
The golf icon performed a apply spherical Tuesday with Max Homa and Australian professional Min Woo Lee. Woods’ 15-year-old son Charlie was additionally current for the apply spherical.
The final time Woods was on the golf course for a aggressive event, he was at Valhalla Golf Club for final month’s PGA Championship.
Woods in the end missed the lower. The 48-year-old has struggled to compete at a excessive stage since he suffered severe accidents throughout a single-car crash in 2021.
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Tiger Woods speaks to the media throughout a apply spherical previous to the U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort June 11, 2024, in Pinehurst, N.C. (Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)
Over his previous 22 begins in majors, he has did not make the lower 10 occasions and has withdrawn on two events. Woods did handle to compete in all 4 rounds of this yr’s Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. He completed the event in sixtieth place.
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Despite the latest string of setbacks, Woods seems to stay assured he can defy the chances and are available out victorious at Pinehurst.
Tiger Woods performs a shot from a bunker on the fourth gap in the course of the second spherical of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club May 17, 2024, in Louisville. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
“I really feel like I’ve the energy to have the ability to do it,” Woods instructed reporters Tuesday. “It’s only a matter of doing it. This golf course goes to check each single facet of your recreation, particularly mentally, and simply the psychological self-discipline that it takes to play this specific golf course. It’s going to take rather a lot.”
Tiger Woods performs his shot from the thirteenth tee in the course of the second spherical of The Players Championship on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass May 11, 2018, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
Weather situations in North Carolina will doubtless play a task all through the event. But Woods stated enjoying within the higher 80s to mid-90s reminds him of the climate he incessantly contends with when he’s dwelling in Florida.
“It’s like dwelling,” stated Woods. “Hot and humid is what we cope with each single day at dwelling in Florida, in order that’s nothing new. It’s simply ensuring that I preserve hydrated and the psychological tax that the warmth will deliver. It’s going to deliver it to all of us, not simply me. Everyone goes to be examined.”
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Woods and his companions, Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick, are scheduled to tee off at 7:29 a.m. ET Thursday.
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