Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods made his PGA Tour debut at the Riviera Country Club in 1992. 31 years later, he's still searching for his first win at the course.

1 Here's the live stream schedule for each round: to 3 p.m. Golf Channel and CBS will both broadcast different pieces of this weekend's Genesis Invitational. — Tee Tiger Woods: "If I'm playing, I'm playing to win ... "There will come a point in time where my body won't allow me to do that anymore, probably sooner than later." Tee time (ET) Now, if Woods wants that first win at the Genesis Invitational, he'll have to do it in a storybook way. He has his next chance to make more history this weekend in Los Angeles. Tiger Woods has a bit of history at the Genesis Invitational.

Tiger Woods celebrates on the 18th green after winning the 2019 Masters (Getty Images). Tiger Woods has played in 90 major championships in his career, winning ...

One of the greatest golfers to ever grace the earth, Tiger Woods also enjoys a stable and private love life off the course. After winning the Masters ...

Then, when he won his historic 80th PGA at the Tour Championship in East Lake, Georgia, she cheered him on to victory. Nevertheless, the great golfer was injured in a terrible vehicle accident in February 2021, which forced him to forgo playing golf for a year. As he won the Presidents Cup in New Jersey in October 2017, the celebrity was seen being hugged by Erica Herman.

'Expectations skyrocketing': Tiger ignites golf world with birdie on FIRST hole back in 884 days.

I wouldn’t put myself out here if I didn’t think I could beat these guys.” After multiple surgeries in the wake of his accident, Woods made a stunning comeback at last year’s Masters, finishing in 47th.He withdrew from the PGA Championship after 54 holes and missed the cut at the Open Championship at St. Andrews.Woods had been scheduled to compete at the unofficial Hero World Challenge in December, but pulled out because of plantar fasciitis. Woods drove his opening tee shot into the rough before laying it up short of the green. It’s gotten so much better the last couple months. ... It’s been an intricate balance, a little dance. It had been 884 days since Tiger Woods played a competitive round of golf outside of the majors.

Tiger Woods has made an "extraordinary" return to the PGA Tour at the Genesis Invitational, his first regu...

That's how I think probably best how you look at it." What LeBron is doing – but also the amount of minutes he's playing – no one's ever done that at that age, to be able to play all five positions, that's never been done before at this level for this long. "As far as our equivalent to that, I don't know, maybe you look at maybe me and Sam [Snead] at 82? [Eddie's plot to 'steal the trophy' at World Cup](https://wwos.nine.com.au/rugby/australia-news-2023-wallabies-coach-eddie-jones-on-smash-and-grab-world-cup/c896fd3d-e01c-48d4-ae06-3e7a4692b8ce) [Tiger Woods](https://wwos.nine.com.au/tiger-woods) has made an "extraordinary" return to the [PGA Tour](https://wwos.nine.com.au/golf/pga-tour) at the Genesis Invitational, his first regular tour event since October 2020. [of his 2021 car accident](https://wwos.nine.com.au/golf/tiger-woods-car-crash-first-interview-more-painful-than-anything/c7911dfe-b77d-4b67-93c4-c82f75858a67).

Sure, Woods has played in majors and exhibitions, but has yet to rejoin the PGA Tour since his appearance in the Zozo Championship in 2020. On Thursday, Woods ...

Afterward, he hints at retirement from the event — potentially signaling the beginning of the end of a Hall of Fame career. April 2022: Woods labels himself as a "game-time decision" to play in the 2022 Masters and ultimately plays in the event. May 2022: In the PGA Championship at Southern Hills, Woods withdraws from the event after shooting a career-worst round. He shoots a 78 and a 75, finishing +9 and out of the tournament. November 2021: The first video of Woods swinging a golf club since his accident surfaces. Woods was speeding, coincidentally on his way to a media event two days after the final round of the Genesis Invitational, which he attended as tournament host. July 2022: Playing at his favorite course in golf in the 2022 Open Championship, Woods misses the cut at St. October 2020: Tiger Woods plays in the 2020 Zozo Championship. On Thursday, Woods re-debuts in Los Angeles, marking his first official PGA Tour event since late 2020. LIV Golf battle and he's been inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. I'm going to have to pick and choose what events, and even then, my body might not cooperate with that. Woods, still on recovery and rehab, is

A look at how Tiger Woods fared in the opening round of the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club.

Tiger Woods made his first official start since The Open Championship on Thursday at the Genesis Invitational. Ultimately, the front nine was mostly about making par for Woods. It was certainly a good start.

Tiger Woods teed it up in his first PGA Tour event at Riviera back in 1992, as a 16 year-old amateur who was obviously destined for the stars — though at ...

There was less of a pause between the backswing and downswing because it was less reliant on timing overall. As Tiger explains in the video below, his younger swing was one that relayed on good timing, and lots of distance. “The club was inside, across the line. But the book also explains that even though the ratio of Tiger Woods’ swing stayed at the same 3-to-1 ratio, his tempo changed: Up until 1997, Young Tiger’s swing moved at a Tour Tempo-recorded 27/9 rate: 27 frames on the backswing, and 9 on the downswing. Simply put, both Tiger’s backswing and downswing have gotten faster, and that’s the tempo he uses today. In the book, Novosel conducted a detailed analysis of the tempo of various different pros’ golf swings, and established the now widely-accepted standard that pros swing the golf club at a 3-to-1 ratio, meaning that their backswings are three times longer than their downswing.

Tiger Woods made his long-awaited return to the PGA Tour at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club. Read more here.

Playing his first round in a 72-hole tournament since the 2022 British Open, Woods showed some rust but also electrified packed galleries with strong play.

Woods’s best result since the crash was a tie for 38th at the In the 2021 car crash, Woods suffered so much damage to his legs that there was concern he might never walk again, let alone resume his professional golf career. Woods was scheduled to play in December at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, but he withdrew from the event because of plantar fasciitis in his right foot. Woods was paired with two of his closest friends on the tour, Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas, and all three left the 18th smiling after making birdies. A terrific tee shot at the par-3 16th led to a birdie there, and Woods followed with a long putt at the par-5 17th that produced a roar — not to mention a signature fist pump — when it dropped for back-to-back birdies. Woods began his back nine by quickly getting into trouble at the tricky 10th, where he made the first of two bogeys over a three-hole stretch.

There were just as many positive and negative takeaways from Tiger Woods' PGA Tour return Thursday ... until he reached the final three holes.

The true test of his fitness and form will come Friday morning, where [Woods will be back on the course](https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/02/16/2023-genesis-invitational-friday-tee-times-tv-and-streaming-info/) alongside Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas at 10:24 a.m. [a single-car accident](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2021/04/08/tiger-woods-crash-report-reveals-clues-his-condition-day/7151217002/) that nearly cost him his leg, Woods walked with ease for most of the round but began to labor a bit down the stretch. He left a few chips short, but his splash shots out of the bunker were textbook.

Tiger Woods calmly waved to an exuberant crowd and tipped his cap after finishing his first round at the Genesis Invitational with three straight birdies.

Max Homa and Keith Mitchell fired 7-under-par 64s to share the first-round lead at the Genesis Invitational on Thursday in Los Angeles, while Tiger Woods ...

Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods walk off the 18th hole after each made birdie, along with Justin Thomas, in the first round of the Genesis Invitational. Harry How.

But the classic moment came when Woods sidled up near JT at the side of the green and flashed him the “look.” Woods was coming off two straight birdies; Thomas had birdied 17; and McIlroy had the best score at three under, even after burning the edge with his birdie putt on the previous hole. That was the silent exchange that took place between Tiger Woods and Justin Thomas on the 18th green Thursday at Riviera.

Tiger Woods marked his return to competitive action with a closing trio of birdies as he carded 69 during the first round of the Genesis Invitational.

“I happened to actually hit some good shots finally and made a couple of putts,” Woods said. The 33-year-old shot an opening four-under 67 to be three strokes back, while Scheffler could only manage 70. It was a nice finish.”

Tiger Woods hugs Rory McIlroy after the first round of the Genesis Invitational. Ronald Martinez. PACIFIC PALISADES, ...

At the par-3 fourth, where the group had to wait several minutes, Woods sat on a cooler with Thomas and untied his right shoe to give his foot some breathing room. “The ebb and flow of needling each other, encouraging each other and telling stories. In the scoring room afterward, Woods said McIlroy announced that he needed to go practice with his driver. “Right behind you,” Woods joked, knowing full well that he would be heading back to his hotel room for extensive icing treatment to prep for his 7:24 a.m. But he still slightly dragged his right leg due to the ankle that was damaged in his car accident two years ago, as well as the plantar fasciitis that he’s contended with more recently. It was a lively and big crowd gathered in front of the iconic clubhouse and lined the first hole, but it wasn’t the zoo that some might have expected. Woods joined McIlroy and Thomas as the trio birdied the easy, par-5 first hole, but he made only one birdie against three bogeys over the next 14 holes. “So, I've had so many surgeries that the ankle just keeps changing, the leg keeps changing. Now, this was a Thursday in the big city after all. Even when Woods made a third straight birdie at the 18th hole to shoot a hard-fought two-under-par 69—five shots more than leaders Max Homa and Keith Mitchell—Riviera’s grassy amphitheater was only about half full. Justin Thomas arrived, followed by McIlroy, and if the cheers and chants for Woods were hearty, they were hardly much louder. Golf moves on, and Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler are now the outlines that people recognize just as well from a distance.

LOS ANGELES — Golf is really going to miss Tiger Woods when he's gone. But he's not gone yet! No, the man is still out here stockpiling triumphs.

18 to set up the 7-foot birdie putt to close the round, his smile took on some of the shape of Michael Jordan’s iconic shrug, as if to ask: “Can you believe this stuff?” And the first to do it in any state since 2013 – when Woods won three in Florida. For Woods’ first round in a seven-month span during which he was missed mightily. nine days, since it seemed everyone at Crypto.com Arena beside Nike founder Phil Knight had a device trained on LeBron James as he set the NBA record for most career points scored.) It was also his first appearance at an “official” PGA Tour event since he played the 2022 British Open in July. What the golf gods are saying is there’s a chance.

Steve Williams was brought in to help Adam Scott hunt big-game events. But he almost didn't make it to Riviera in time.

“It’s just funny how at different times in your life — he’s now hit a point where his kid’s grown up and probably doesn’t want to hang with Dad quite as much and he’s itching to get back out here,” Scott said pre-tournament. “He’s a pretty intense guy,” he said. “Most people know I’m not afraid to speak my mind,” he said. 8 and a par at 9 before signing for 69. If you’re out here and you’re competing, the talent pool is so deep, you have to be 100 percent tuned in to what you do. It was also very hard to leave,” he said. “It was very difficult to get here. Cyclone Gabrielle ripped through New Zealand’s North Island earlier this week, leaving a trail of destruction and flooding in its wake. Scott sees Williams as a key to peak performance. But Thursday marked his first round on the PGA Tour in more than three seasons. “I haven’t caddied since 2019 out here, so it’s good to be out here again.” He helped guide Adam Scott to a first-round two-under 69.

The 47-year-old teed it up at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles on Thursday morning in his first non-major PGA Tour event since late 2020 - an 844-day ...

“Just the feeling of the butterflies and trying to calm all that stuff down. [@TigerWoods] [@thegenesisinv]Thank you for the show, the awe, and the joy! Just pure insanity to be away for so many months and shot 69 first round back, just as if he never left….WOW! Just pure insanity to be away for so many months and shot 69 first round back, just as if he never left….WOW!” one fan tweeted. It is incredible what his presence does to an event. Tiger Woods is THE needle in golf.

We learned more about Tiger Woods' speed, strength, health and mindset on Thursday at the Genesis Invitational.

“Get ready, warmed up tomorrow, get this big sweat going on, big lift in the morning and stay warm and get off to a good start on 10.” He admitted that he was a little sore already. The strongest part of his game — thanks in large part to the last three holes — was his putting, where he gained 1.8 shots, 19th in the field. And just happened to get three in a row coming in.” He has felt changes to his leg and his ankle. “It was a lot louder than I had — I haven’t played in a tournament in a long time,” he said, adding he felt some guilt about not acknowledging the fans more. It’s a moving target all the time.” “I think it’s the group,” Woods said of his post-round grin. When Woods made his 24-footer on the 17th green, the roar that went up seemed much louder — and more intense — than the number of people in attendance should have been able to produce. But he was still pacing around the green and reading from every angle as he poured in his birdie putt at the par-5 17th. The ebb and flow of needling each other, encouraging each other and telling stories. He hit at least 177 mph on his last nine drives and peaked at 180 mph on both No.

Tiger Woods' return to professional golf has raised eyebrows after he slipped a tampon into one of his rival's hand.

“There’s a lot of ice going on here,” he said of his planned post-round treatment. “I happened to actually hit some good shots finally and made a couple putts,” Woods said. I have a hard time believing this is real 💀 but also where in the world did Tiger get that old Tampax tampon. Woods was greeted by cheers and chants of “Tiger! This is the most Tiger is Back moment we’ve had since he won the Masters.” It was a nice finish.” The American ranked 12th in the world won at Riviera in 2021 and has taken his tally of tour titles to six this season with a victory at the Fortinet Championship in September and at Torrey Pines in January. [The Big Lead ](https://www.thebiglead.com/posts/tiger-woods-justin-thomas-tampon-outdriving-genesis-open-pictures-video-01gsem8x65vk)wrote: “It is slightly insane that Tiger Woods, while hosting an entire tournament and playing his first competitive round in seven months, decided to carry a tampon in his bag. He opened with a birdie at the par-five first and after a bogey at the fourth he got back under par with a birdie at the eighth, where he landed his second shot from the fairway three feet from the pin. They don’t look like that anymore. 7 Justin Thomas and World No. Playing alongside World No.

The 15-time major winner was playing his first competitive round in seven months after an injury lay-off but he showed no signs of rustiness as he hit a ...

Tiger Woods pranks playing partner Justin Thomas by cheekily handing him a TAMPON after outdriving him at the Genesis Invitational... Woods' prank signalled that he was in a relaxed mood back on the golf course, and he went on to finish his round in some style. Tiger Woods cheekily handed Justin Thomas a tampon during the opening round on Thursday

Tiger Woods is five shots back after his opening round at the Genesis Invitational, thanks to a wild birdie-birdie-birdie finish.

Tiger Woods handed Justin Thomas a tampon after outdriving him at the Genesis Invitational on Thursday.Woods returned to the PGA Tour after a 28-month.

I put my driver up a click in loft at the start of the week. Speaking on his rapport with Thomas and McIlroy, Woods said: “It was a great round. McIlroy shot the best round of the group, finishing on four-under par, while Thomas was sandwiched in the middle on three-under. After watching Thomas fail to match his distance on the ninth hole, Woods was spotted handing the world no.7 a tampon in a bizarre prank. At the end of an exhilarating round, Thomas and Woods shared a touching moment off the 18th green, as McIlroy completed a trio of closing birdies for the group. However, the 15-time major winner faces a possible backlash after appearing to compare Thomas to a woman for his apparent lack of strength.

Woods shot a two-under-par 69 on Thursday at the Genesis Invitational in Southern California. Every stroke amounted to research for the bigger ambitions ...

“There will come a point in time when my body will not allow me to do that anymore, and it’s probably sooner rather than later,” he said. We have the ability to pick and choose and play a little bit longer.” Open because, as he put it later, there was “no way physically I could have done that.” [At the British Open](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/15/sports/golf/tiger-woods-british-open-missed-cut.html) in July, after he missed the cut, he said it was “hard just to walk and play 18 holes.” (He bounced back from trouble particularly well in those days: [He won his first green jacket the next year](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/sports/golf/tiger-woods-1997-masters.html#:~:text=Tiger%20Woods%20was%20not%20supposed,and%20catapulted%20himself%20to%20stardom.).) This week in California, moments after Woods made clear he would not be looking to match Player or Palmer at Augusta, a reporter asked Woods to peer into the future. When he grows weary, he mounts a cart — something he cannot do on the PGA Tour — but has seen his outings go from a few holes to 18. About four months later, after he concluded that he could not play a low-key event in the Bahamas because of plantar fasciitis, he acknowledged without elaboration that his year had included undergoing “a few more procedures because of playing.” “Then, after this event, we’ll analyze it and see what we need to do to get ready for Augusta.” Championship](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/21/sports/golf/tiger-woods-pga-championship.html), where he was 12 over par after three rounds, he abandoned his plan to play the U.S. [lots of ice, lots of ice baths](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/09/sports/golf/masters-tiger-woods-injuries.html), just basically freezing myself to death” before the next day’s round. He shot a two-under-par 69 on Thursday, ahead of a second round on Friday morning, with each stroke and step at Riviera Country Club a data point in his team’s quest to make a rebuilt body hum to a higher-than-normal standard. What Woods cannot mask — indeed, what he does not even try much to mask — is that every competitive round is effectively 18 holes of rehabilitation research and development.

Not only did Woods open the Genesis Invitational with a 2-under 69, but he brought the trash talk with him.

Tiger Woods is under scrutiny for handing Justin Thomas a tampon after outdriving him during the opening round of the Genesis Invitational on Thursday.

We are extremely close with the family and we do a lot of things together, and to be able to have that experience tomorrow again." Anna Caplice, Ireland rugby player, tweeted: "If the world generally respected women I would be able to see the funny side of this. "It's just a bit of fun, it's just banter on a golf course. Julie DiCaro, a lawyer and author, tweeted: "Ugh. So played out and stupid." "He's the leader of our game, whatever happens all eyes are on Tiger Woods. "I think he might want to (apologise) knowing what it's caused in the last 24 hours. "Us women all have periods, I know some men find it quite hard to say that out loud. "It can be seen as laddy behaviour but I just think what it says, the inference is not good. It was crass, it was disappointing and I think surprise from my side because he's playing in the Genesis on the PGA Tour. It was supposed to be a private incident but it's now been highlighted. A lot of people have jumped on this and, no wonder, because it's extremely disappointing and I'm surprised the most recognisable golfer on the planet has put himself in this position to be exposed in this way.

It was an unusual sight to see on a golf course -- Tiger Woods handing Justin Thomas a tampon in an apparent prank after outdriving his playing partner on ...

Because I hadn’t been out here so I’ve missed some of the things that have transpired on Tour, which is kind of fun.” The ebb and flow of needling each other, encouraging each other and telling stories. “It was nice that I had this unbelievable pairing, two great guys, two great friends,” Woods said in a press conference afterwards.

The prank by Woods received mixed responses, with some fans criticizing the golfer for the suggestive prank and others appreciating the gag.

[https://t.co/XW2A0eedM8] [February 17, 2023] They don’t look like that anymore. I have a hard time believing this is real 💀 but also where in the world did Tiger get that old Tampax tampon. [https://t.co/JIbHYBT3IY] [February 17, 2023] [https://t.co/TTGaoJDzBS] [February 17, 2023] These players might have to say about that:— Flushing It (@flushingitgolf) [https://t.co/FPUm8fY1Ka] [February 17, 2023] Call me woke. [https://t.co/iORVyY27hG] [February 17, 2023] Woods was not asked about the exchange between he and Thomas at the ninth hole, but it drew plenty of criticism Friday after people became clued into the attempted gag. The two began to laugh after the exchange. Closer views of the exchange showed it to be a Tampax tampon.

Tiger Woods' apparent prank on his playing partner at the Genesis Invitational tournament has been met with disapproval online.

In 2017 he [pleaded guilty to reckless driving](https://pleaded/%20guilty%20to%20reckless%20driving%20and%20agreed%20to%20enter%20a%20diversion%20programme%20on%20Friday,%20five%20months%20after%20he%20was%20found%20passed%20out%20in%20his%20Mercedes%20with%20prescription%20drugs%20and%20marijuana%20in%20his%20system.) after he was found passed out in his Mercedes with prescription drugs and marijuana in his system. He followed it with a 74 in his second round on Friday to sit on one over par for the tournament – 10 shots adrift of early clubhouse leader Keith Mitchell. I probably should have appreciated the fans more than I did, but there was so much going on in my head.” “Is the joke here to ‘stop playing like a girl?’ Or that periods and tampons indicate weakness?” The incident caused a disapproving backlash on social media. “If I offended anybody in any way, shape or form, I’m sorry.

Tiger Woods employed basic misogyny to insult his good friend Thursday, a knee-slapper of a dig against female athletes: You hit the ball like a girl!

Please tell me it’s not because he wants to send the message that Justin played like a girl. “I went to high school with some boys who did those kinds of things 35-40 years ago. I’ve played golf my whole life thanks to my father, but I know very few other women who do. The powers that be in golf, some of the greatest capitalists among us, chose sexism over capitalism. His daughter Sam, now 15, grew up playing soccer and had just played in a tournament in Florida when she arrived to watch him win the Masters in 2019. Or does he simply steal them out of the women’s locker room at country clubs when no one is looking?

On Tuesday, Tiger Woods assured reporters that making shots wasn't an issue. And he went out and demonstrated that on Thursday.

Woods took off his right shoe several occasions throughout the round to alter his ankle brace and sock. The Adani Group will seek to refinance about $1.2 billion worth of foreign-currency bonds ahead of maturity and prune discretionary capital expenditure, key finance executives at the conglomerate told investors during a conference call late Thursday. He continued to walk with a tiny hiccup throughout the whole round as he tried to relieve pressure on his right ankle. It was anticipated that Woods would struggle on the back nine given his physical condition. [Riviera Country Club](/topic/riviera-country-club)clubhouse is rather steep. Woods battled for crucial parts throughout the course of more than five hours, recovered from three bogeys, and finished with a flurry of legendary shots that completely altered the tone of his game.

Tiger Woods finished two-under par after the first round at the 2023 Genesis Invitational. Will that score be good enough for Tiger to make it to the ...

The 132-player field projects to have a cut line of even par. [two top 10-ranked golfers](https://www.pgatour.com/stats/detail/186) in the world, Rory McIlroy (No. Woods is set to tee off this morning at 7:24 a.m. PT (10:24 a.m. The 82-time PGA Tour winner sits six shots off tournament leader Keith Mitchell. Here's a look at where Woods stands and what the projected cut line is at Riviera before the weekend:

The 15-time major champ came close to his long-awaited fourth career PGA Tour ace during Day 2 of the 2023 Genesis Invitational.

He made an ace in each of his first three years as a pro (1996 Greater Milwaukee Open, 1997 Phoenix Open), but hasn't made one in a tournament since. Have a look as drinks were almost on the tournament host: Tiger Woods has a lot of work to do if he's going to end his notorious winless drought at Riviera.

Tiger Woods' return to the PGA Tour caught the sports world by storm on Thursday. However, a prank that Woods played on Justin Thomas became the story a day ...

However, a prank that Woods played on Justin Thomas became the story a day later. “If I offended anyone that was not the case," he said. If I offended anyone, I’m sorry.”

Tiger Woods has received a mixed reaction after handing Justin Thomas a tampon after outdriving him during the Genesis Invitational. Woods, who was making.

The 15-time major winner missed the cut in the Open at St Andrews and had to withdraw from the Hero World Challenge in the first week in December after developing plantar fasciitis in his right foot. After being sidelined for 14 months, Woods returned to action in the 2022 Masters and made the cut at Augusta National and in the following month’s US PGA Championship, but withdrew following the third round. I don’t like him hitting it by me.”

'Insensitive and crass': Tiger's 'bizarre' tampon prank divides stunned golf world.

“It was a great round,” Woods said. You can’t pick and choose when to be a feminist.” It was crass, it was disappointing and I think surprise from my side because he’s playing in the Genesis on the PGA Tour. “It can be seen as laddy behaviour but I just think what it says, the inference is not good,” she said. “I think that’s not what we want to be showcasing in the world of sport. “It was supposed to be all fun and games and obviously it hasn’t turned out that way,” Woods said following his second round at the Genesis Invitational. “Call me woke. I think not! He loves his kids to bits. To me it was laddy, blokey behaviour, passing him the tampon effectively saying: ‘I’ve outdriven you’, ‘you’re driving the ball like a women’, effectively the inference of the incident that happened and that to me says females, women are inferior to men. “I’m a female working in sport. JT and Tiger Woods, good buddies, play a lot together.

Tiger Woods is battling a series of injuries, but off the tee, he's found a new shot he can work with. Let's break it down.

It gives enough power to get the ball out there, enough accuracy to keep it in play. He's [switched golf ball to complement this new strategy.](https://www.golfdigest.com/story/tiger-woods-ball-switch-genesis-invitational) But opting for a fade for most of his tee shots simply gives Tiger more margin for error. [occasionally to his detriment](https://www.golfdigest.com/story/tiger-woods-tempo-golf-swing) — Tiger's new move has become more upper body-centric. "It wasn't the prettiest, it wasn't the most consistent, but it's all I could do. I'll let my hands be the guide," he said of his swing starting in 2018.

Woods outdrove Justin Thomas on the ninth hole of the first round of the Genesis Invitational on Thursday, and as the two began to walk down the fairway at ...

[https://t.co/XW2A0eedM8] [February 17, 2023] They don’t look like that anymore. I have a hard time believing this is real 💀 but also where in the world did Tiger get that old Tampax tampon. [https://t.co/JIbHYBT3IY] [February 17, 2023] [https://t.co/TTGaoJDzBS] [February 17, 2023] These players might have to say about that:— Flushing It (@flushingitgolf) [https://t.co/FPUm8fY1Ka] [February 17, 2023] Call me woke. [https://t.co/iORVyY27hG] [February 17, 2023] Woods was not asked about the exchange between he and Thomas at the ninth hole, but it drew plenty of criticism Friday after people became clued into the attempted gag. The two began to laugh after the exchange. Closer views of the exchange showed it to be a Tampax tampon.

Tiger Woods finished with three bogeys on his final four holes Friday and is in danger of missing the cut.

And then middle part of the round I could’ve turned it around a little bit and I did not.” “I could’ve easily got off to a very hot start and I did not. “It was supposed to be all fun and games, but obviously it hasn’t turned out that way,” Woods said of the gesture. It was not intended to be that way.” Reflecting on his second-round performance Friday, Woods said he misjudged the wind on Nos. Then, obviously, I had a very bad finish too.”

During Tiger Woods' much-anticipated return to golf Thursday at the Genesis Invitational, he pulled a controversial prank on Justin Thomas.

When Woods arrived on the 9th tee, he was one under for the round and fresh off a birdie at the 8th. The mood grew even more festive on the back nine, which Woods closed out with a trio of birdies (2-4-3 on his card), moving from one over to two under in three holes. Woods tossed his putter on his bag, glanced over at Thomas and shot him a cheeky grin, to which Thomas could only shake his head. He’s nervous as can be because he didn’t want to be the one to miss on 18. I didn’t want to be the idiot host to miss it right in front of everybody after I just went birdie-birdie. Some of that razzing came on the 9th hole, where Woods had blistered a 323-yard drive past both of his partners. But given Woods’ place in the golf world, it’s hard not to look at the pre-meditated stunt as a head-scratcher. Playing in a glittering group with Thomas and Rory McIlroy, Woods’ ball speed was so zippy that on occasions he outdrove his long-hitting partners. “It was nice that I had this unbelievable pairing, two great guys, two great friends,” Woods said after posting a three-under 69. In the scramble format, Mike had dumped his tee shot in a fairway bunker. Tiger Woods and Justin Thomas have a long history of needling one another. A couple of years ago at the PNC Championship, Charlie — who was playing alongside his father in the team event — left a note for Thomas and his father, Mike, who were playing in the group behind the Woods.

Tiger Woods apologized Friday for what he called a prank on playing partner Justin Thomas during the first round of the Genesis Invitational on Thursday.

"Yeah, it was supposed to be all fun and games and obviously it hasn't turned out that way," Woods said. "It was not intended to be that way. Thomas immediately dropped it to the ground, and Woods put his arm around Thomas' shoulder as they laughed.

Tiger Woods's apparent bid to prank playing partner Justin Thomas by handing him a tampon during the first round of the PGA Genesis Invitational has sparked ...

“It was a great round,” Woods said. You can’t pick and choose when to be a feminist.” It was crass, it was disappointing and I think surprise from my side because he’s playing in the Genesis on the PGA Tour. “I think that’s not what we want to be showcasing in the world of sport. “It was seemingly done in jest. “Call me woke. Call me a snowflake. Call me ‘offended’. I’m passionate and love the game of golf. “I’m a female working in sport. “They’re two good friends. Tiger Woods outdrove Justin Thomas.

Teeing off No. 10 Friday morning, Woods battled to an even par front nine with birdies at the par-3 14th and par-5 17th. But the 82-time PGA Tour winner fell ...

Woods was 10 shots off the lead (Keith Mitchell maintained his overnight lead with a 69 moving him to nine under) when he finished Friday at lunchtime, but it’s more about those beneath Woods on the leaderboard. Woods has not played weekend golf since the Saturday of last year’s PGA Championship, when he made the cut at Southern Hills only to withdraw injured before the final round. Then the middle part of the round I could have turned it around a little bit, and I did not.” “If I chipped it up on top, there’s a chance that it could actually come back to the front part of the green,” Woods said of the decision to putt around, rather than chip it over, the bunker. 9, where he left his approach short into the greenside bunker and failed to save par. Among those was putting it straight into the famed bunker in the middle of the green on the par-3 sixth, one of three back-nine bogeys that halted his momentum.

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Others saw it as an affront to women on numerous levels. It was not intended to be that way. It was just we play pranks on one another all the time and, virally, I think this did not come across that way.

Tiger Woods was caught in a "prank" in which he was seen sliding a tampon into the hand of his golfing rival, Justin Thomas.

You’re telling them that they will never be, in your mind, on a level playing field to you. Let’s be real, Woods isn’t a victim of “cancel culture”. And, dare I say, a bit sad. “I’m a female working in sport. I’m passionate and love the game of golf. It’s ingrained in his character.

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“Anyone offended by Tiger Woods handing Justin Thomas a tampon as a practical joke should seek mental help. It's a funny joke between men on the golf course. Let’s put the menstrual cramp machine on Tiger Woods so he can have some more data about menstruation.— Jennifer Gunter (@DrJenGunter) Let’s put the menstrual cramp machine on Tiger Woods so he can have some more data about menstruation,” Canadian gynaecologist and author Jennifer Gunter tweeted. “Periods are nothing to be ashamed of. Call me a snowflake.

Woods is looking to make the cut on tour for the first time since the 2022 PGA Championship.

Woods was 10 shots off the lead (Keith Mitchell maintained his overnight lead with a 69 moving him to nine under) when he finished Friday at lunchtime, but it’s more about those beneath Woods on the leaderboard. Woods has not played weekend golf since the Saturday of last year’s PGA Championship, when he made the cut at Southern Hills only to withdraw injured before the final round. “If I chipped it up on top, there's a chance that it could actually come back to the front part of the green,” Woods said of the decision to putt around, rather than chip it over, the bunker. Then the middle part of the round I could have turned it around a little bit, and I did not.” Among those was putting it straight into the famed bunker in the middle of the green on the par-3 sixth, one of three back-nine bogeys that halted his momentum. 10 Friday morning, Woods battled to an even par front nine with birdies at the par-3 14th and par-5 17th.

The 15-time major winner has apologised after he was criticised for his 'blokey behaviour' that caused a social media storm.

“I’m going to go work on the range,” McIlroy said after his 67. I don’t like him hitting it by me.” “I’m surprised the most recognisable golfer on the planet has put himself in this position to be exposed in this way.” British sky sports presenter Sarah Stir said the incident was “disappointing” and “crass”, saying: “To me it was laddy, blokey behaviour, passing him the tampon effectively saying, ‘I’ve outdriven you’, ‘you’re driving the ball like a woman’. In her column for USA Today, Christine Brennan said the move was in line with “juvenile pranks that were intended to demean.” Responding to criticism from commentators and on social media, Woods said it was “just friends having fun”.

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“The hill caught it more than I thought it would and ended up in a bunker,” he said. At the ninth he missed the fairway and came up in a greenside bunker. His putt up was pulled into the pot bunker in the middle of the green and he wound up with a bogey. “The shoes keep changing, the socks keep changing. “I’ve had so many surgeries that the ankle just keeps changing, the leg keeps changing,” he said. Woods was one stroke outside the cut line when he finished his round of 74.

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And Julie DiCaro, a lawyer and author, tweeted: "Ugh. Speaking on Sky Sports News, Stirk added: "It was seemingly done in jest. "... His daughter Sam, now 15, grew up playing soccer and had just played in a tournament in Florida when she arrived to watch him win the Masters in 2019. "If I offended anybody, it was not the case; it was just friends having fun. It was not intended to be that way.