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Woods, at Congressional Country Club to promote the June
23-26 Quicken Loans National, which he hosts, took three shots
at the 102-yard 10th. The first two went directly in the water
and the third hit a slope before rolling in.
"See, I need a warm-up," Woods said after the final shot.
Prior to the exhibition, Woods said he still had no idea when he
will make his return to the PGA Tour.
"If I knew, I would tell you because it would be fun to know,"
said Woods, who has not competed since the Wyndham Championship
in August.
"It would be nice to know that I am going to play on such a
date, but I don't know. I'm still trying to get stronger, I'm
trying to get more pliable. I'm hitting the ball better."
Woods, who first had back surgery in 2014, was seemingly
injury-free in 2015 but then had a second microdisectomy in
September and a follow-up procedure six weeks later.
He has competed in only 18 events on the U.S. circuit since the
end of 2013 but has recently been playing friendly games at
Medalist, his home club in Florida.
"Everything about my game is coming around," said Woods, who has
not won a tournament anywhere since the 2013 WGC-Bridgestone
Invitational.
"Now it's just a matter of being consistent with it, and then be
able to do that not only at home against the boys at Medalist
and try to take their cash, but try to come out here and do it
against the best players in the world is a completely different
deal."
The 40-year-old, who once used to practice up to 12 hours a day,
has admitted he has to lighten his training routine since his
days of hitting 500 consecutive golf balls are over.
Woods, who still feels Jack Nicklaus's record of 18 majors is
attainable, said when he decides to make his return it could be
a last-minute decision.
"It could be, it may not be. It may be just say, hey, the plan
is to get well and whether that's by next week or that's a year
from now, I don't know," said Woods.
"That's the hard part. Me telling you, I don't know. My doctors
don't know, I don't know. All we know is I just need to keep
progressing, keep getting stronger, which I am, and that's the
good part."
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Steve
Keating/Peter Rutherford)
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