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The 39-year-old former world number one and 14-times major
champion, who has not played since pulling out of the Farmer's
Open in early February due to back problems, has slipped to
104th in the rankings.
The American first topped the list in 1997 and has spent 683
weeks as world number one, more than twice as long as any other
player.
Woods's last major title was the 2008 U.S. Open but he won five
PGA Tour events in 2013 and topped the rankings in May 2014
before suffering injury problems and a loss of form.
He shot a round of 82 at the Phoenix Open in January, the worst
of his professional career.
Woods hopes to return to play in next week's U.S. Masters, the
first major of the year.
(Reporting by Ed Osmond, editing by Ken Ferris)
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