“I’m just trying to test myself gradually”explained the Golf legend, 15-time major winner, during a press conference on the sidelines of the Hero World Challenge, a tournament he is organizing in the Bahamas for his foundation.
“I am getting stronger”
“I don’t want to go backwards, I want to keep moving forward and give myself the best possible chance to compete next year”he added, without giving a return date. Returning to the greens in February 2024, Tiger Woods (48 years old) underwent back surgery in September to try to free himself from chronic pain, which radiated down to one leg, and had worsened during the year 2024. “I feel like I’m getting stronger, more flexible, but I’m still a long way from being able to compete against these guys (the best golfers). » The American has not played since the British Open in July, during which he missed the cut.
“I still have this fire in me. The difference occurs at the level of recovery, which is no longer what it used to be”he said. Also asked about the drawn-out negotiations for a merger between the competing PGA Tours, of which he is a member of the steering committee, and LIV, owned by Saudi Arabia, Woods indicated that “things are moving forward”. “Everyone involved thought it would go much faster but things are quite fluid, we work on a daily basis”he explained. “From an entrepreneurial point of view, things are moving forward and are constructive. Yes, things are really progressing”he added, while a framework of agreement had been announced in the summer of 2023, before the negotiations got bogged down.
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Woods reiterated that any agreement would have to be validated by the antitrust division of the US Department of Justice. The presidential election in November of Donald Trump could move the issue forward, said several players in the sector including star player Rory McIlroy. “It would only take me 15 minutes to get an agreement”for his part estimated Trump, a big golf fan, in a podcast in November.
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