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The Dec. 18-19 event is a 36-hole tournament with a field
typically comprised of major champions and their parents or
children.
"Although it's been a long and challenging year, I am very
excited to close it out by competing in the @PNCchampionship
with my son Charlie," Woods wrote on Twitter. "I'm playing as a
Dad and couldn’t be more excited and proud."
Last month, Woods posted a video to social media of him swinging
a club along with the caption "making progress" and last week he
logged practice time at the Hero World Challenge event he hosted
in the Bahamas.
Woods suffered serious injuries to his right leg and foot when
he lost control of his car in Los Angeles in February and faced
the possibility of having his leg amputated during a three-week
hospital stay.
Last week the 15-times major champion held his first news
conference since the accident and said that while his game was
nowhere near ready for the PGA Tour it was good enough to play
"hit-and-giggle".
That comment led many to believe the 15-times major champion
would announce his return to golf for the PNC Championship given
that it is held near his home on a flat course with no rough and
his son could hit all the tee shots.
For Woods and his son, this will mark their second time playing
in the tournament having made their debut last year when they
finished in a share of seventh place in the 20-team event.
Among those playing in this year's event is nine-times major
champion Gary Player, who said he was looking forward to seeing
Woods back on the course.
"I think I speak on everyone's behalf when I say the sports
community is thrilled to see you back on the course!" Player,
who will be competing with his grandson, wrote on Twitter.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto, editing by Ed Osmond and
Clare Fallon)
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