As his health continues to fluctuate, Tiger Woods remains noncommittal about his playing status for next month’s Masters.
“I said I’ve been working on it,” Woods, 50, told reporters after Tuesday’s TGL semifinals in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. “Sometimes I have good days, sometimes I have bad days. Disk replacement is not a lot of fun.
“… So as I said, I’ve had a lot of procedures prior to that, so the body doesn’t quite heal like it was when I was 24. Doesn’t quite bounce back. So I have good days when I can pretty much do anything, and other days where it’s hard to just to move around.”
Woods, a five-time Masters winner and 15-time major champion, has not played in an official event since the 2024 Open Championship. He ruptured his left Achilles tendon last spring and underwent lumbar disk replacement surgery in October.
Woods was on the sidelines Tuesday as his Jupiter Links squad defeated Boston Common and advanced to next week’s finals against Los Angeles GC. He said team members Akshay Bhatia, Max Homa and Tom Kim will continue to play without him.
“Well, I think that I have been trying to play each and every one of these matches,” he said. “I’ve been trying to come back. But it just hasn’t worked out that way. … But the guys here, this team, we have so much fun, I really don’t want to screw up the lineup, I just want these guys to keep playing.”
Woods is an 82-time winner on the PGA Tour, tied for the all-time lead with Sam Snead. The World Golf Hall of Famer’s most recent victory was at the 2019 Zozo Championship.
