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The latest addition to the schedule of the
14-time major champion is the BMW Championship, Woods' agent
confirmed to GolfChannel.com on Tuesday.
The tournament will take place Sept. 6-9 at Aronimink in Newton
Square, Pa., in the third leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Woods
had already announced his plans to play in the first two playoff
events -- the Northern Trust and the Dell Technologies
Championship.
Woods has not competed at the BMW since tying for 11th in 2013
when the event was held at Conway Farms in Lake Forest, Ill. The
course had played host to the Quicken Loans National in 2010 and
2011.
Woods' striking revival this year -- including his second-place
finish in last weekend's PGA Championship -- has lifted him to
20th in the FedEx Cup standings, automatically qualifying him
for each of the first three playoff tournaments. If Woods
remains in the top 30 of the rankings after playing the BMW, he
would also clinch a spot in the penultimate Tour Championship.
Aronimink plays host to BMW Championship for the first time, and
if the 42-year-old Woods competes in the event, it would add to
an increasingly busy schedule for the former world No. 1 golfer
who returned to the PGA Tour in 2018 after recovering from his
fourth back surgery.
Playing the BMW would mean Woods would play five tournaments in
a six-week stretch, with additional possibilities later next
month including the Tour Championship from Sept. 19-23 and a
Ryder Cup appearance -- if he gets chosen as a captain's pick --
from Sept. 28-30 at Le Golf National outside Paris.
--Field Level Media
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