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Woods has played the 36-hole PNC Championship
with Charlie every year since 2020. The tournament invites
players who have won majors or The Players Championship with
family members, typically their children.
“Playing together is something we look forward to and it’s
always more special when you’re surrounded by friends and
family,” Woods said.
The PNC Championship is Dec. 21-22 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club
in Orlando, Florida, for 20 teams. New to the tournament this
year are Fred Couples and stepson Hunter Hannemann, and Trevor
Immelman and son Jacob.
Because the tournament is sanctioned by the PGA Tour Champions,
Woods will be able to ride in a cart, key to him playing. He
chose to sit out last week at the Hero World Challenge in the
Bahamas, where he is the tournament host, because he said his
game was not sharp enough to compete against a field of the top
40 players in the world.
Woods set a Masters record in April by making his 24th
consecutive cut, but he missed the cut in the other three
majors. He had a microdiscectomy in September to alleviate pain
down his legs, his sixth surgery on his lower back.
The biggest one was fusion surgery in 2017, and he followed that
by winning the Tour Championship a year later and capturing his
15th major with a fifth Masters title in 2019. His last victory
was the Zozo Championship in Japan in the fall of 2019, tying
Sam Snead for the PGA Tour's record of 82 career titles.
But there is no indication how often he can play in 2025.
“Whether my commitment going forward is once a month, yeah, I
could say that all over again,” Woods said last week. “But I
truly don’t know. I’m just trying to rehab and still get
stronger and better and feel better, really give myself the best
chance I can going into next year."
The PNC Championship features 13-year-old Will McGee, the son of
Annika Sorenstam, and 89-year-old Gary Player. Nelly Korda
returns to play with her father, former tennis Grand Slam
champion Petr Korda.
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