Tiger and Jeter play golf, and only 1 of them is retired

Tiger Woods has endured three surgeries on his back in the past three years, but fellow golfing great Ernie Els says the American’s head is the problem. I am in the 40s now and would be never able to do what I used to before. “There was a lot of trepidation and times when I did think about that, because it was realistic”. Incredibly, he is now the 861st-ranked player in professional golf. It hasn’t been easy. It has been a lot of hard work. “On top of that, it also gave me a couple more months to get stronger and get my practice schedule up”. We just want to see how he swings – any club, any brand – and hope he stays healthy.

The Tiger Woods Foundation is a charitable beneficiary of the December 1-4 event, which will be held for a second year in a row at Albany Golf Club in New Providence. Bubba Watson is the defending champion.

“As a competitive athlete it killed me inside”, said Woods about his withdrawal. That’s going to be a tall order. I wanted to compete.

Watching him chip effortlessly on Monday, the first impression was that the former world No 1 was at ease and raring to get back where he belongs, among the best.

It will be the first time Woods has played in the event owned by his charity foundation since it moved previous year to the Bahamas and the Albany resort’s par-72, 7,267-yard Ernie Els-designed course.

A vice-captain for the United States team that won the Ryder Cup in October, Woods missed the whole of the 2015-16 season through injury. Will I be able to? “That I don’t know”, Woods said. The deep golf subcultures of the internet are excited to have THE Scotty back in Tiger’s hands up on the greens.

Woods is a record five-time victor of the World Challenge, but don’t expect that this week.

“Yeah, there are nerves”.

“I care”, he said. It’s about controlling it and how fast I can get in the flow.

“He probably doesn’t even need his B game, he just needs to be himself and if it happens, I think it will be quite exciting”. “Hopefully I can do that quickly”.

When Nike announced they were bowing out of the equipment market, Brooks Koepka put an M2 in the bag at the Ryder Cup, where we learned that he’d added 18 yards of carry with the new driver. I like his chances of continuing his great run continuing. “I’m going to have to find different ways”.

Woods was supposed to resume his playing career at the Safeway Open in September, but just three days after signing up, he withdrew because he said his game was “vulnerable”. Everywhere I go. Everybody I meet.

During the discussion, Woods revealed to Hatfield that his new swing has shifted his dominance from his left leg to his right. Regardless, it’s going to be unusual to see Woods hit anything but a Nike ball.

Miller said he has seen a maturation in Woods that could be good for him as a human being but less beneficial as a golfer.

“But then being away from the game has allowed me to a number of other things like unify all my brands under TGR, and to also spend as much time with my children, Charlie and Sam”.