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The 46-year-old Woods, who nearly lost his
right leg in a car accident early last year, reportedly arrived
at the course to play all 18 holes without a cart and with the
club's head professional on his bag instead of usual caddie Joe
LaCava.
Videos on social media showed Woods playing his practice round
in a grey shirt, black shorts and a compression sleeve covering
his right leg.
According to Golf Digest, which cited a source in the 15-times
major champion's camp, Woods plans to compete in the PGA
Championship but wants to see how he responds to an increased
workload in the coming weeks before making a final decision.
The last time the PGA Championship was held at Southern Hills
was in 2007, when Woods triumphed by two shots to win the event
for the fourth time in his career but the layout has undergone a
dramatic renovation since then.
Woods, who has already said he planned to play the British Open
at St. Andrews in July, made a highly-anticipated return to
competition three weeks ago at the Masters where he went 13 over
for the week and finished in 47th place.
Prior to the Masters, Woods made a similar scouting trip to
Augusta National in the lead-up to the years' first major.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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