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Woods is just starting out on a stretch could see him play as many as 10 times in 14 weeks. His overseas schedule is to start the second week in October in Turkey with an unofficial event that pays $2.5 million to the winner in a short field that includes McIlroy, Westwood and Luke Donald. The CIMB Classic would be two weeks later, followed by the HSBC Champions, the final World Golf Championship of the year.
Woods has not said if he is playing the HSBC Champions, which is at Mission Hills this year. He has not missed it since it received WGC status in 2009, though he was not eligible to play last year because he had slipped out of the top 50 in the world.
"I look forward to coming out to Malaysia at the end of October," Woods said. "I played the World Cup in 1999 and have fond memories of the country and its people. I've heard that CIMB does a good job staging the event. It has traditionally boasted a strong field and I look forward to being part of it this year."
CIMB signed a five-year extension with the tour as title sponsor. The tour will take over management of the Malaysia event, with Todd Rhinehart as the executive director. He previously was tournament director of the Tour Championship.
"The plan has always been to become a full-fledged event of the PGA Tour, so this is fantastic news for us, for Malaysia and for the region," Nazir said.
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