Tiger Woods’ Revealed ‘ potential 2024 schedule ahead of PGA Tour return at Genesis Invitational
Tiger Woods revealed at last year’s Hero World Challenge that he would play an event a month starting from this week’s Genesis Invitational, and here is a look at where else he could tee it up
Tiger Woods will make his first start of the year at this week’s Genesis Invitational, with the 82-time PGA Tour winner a player-host at Riviera Country Club.
It will be Woods’ first event since last December’s Hero World Challenge, with 15-time major winner once again set to take on a part-time schedule. Speaking in the Bahamas at the end of last year, Woods set out his plans 2024, hoping to play an event on the PGA Tour once a month starting in Los Angeles this week.
It is expected that four of those months will be taken up by golf’s four majors later this summer, but it remains to be seen where Woods’ other outings will come throughout the year. Here is a look at what the PGA Tour stalwart’s schedule could look for the rest of the season.
March – Players Championship
There is no doubt Woods’ priorities will lie with the big events of 2024, and outside of the four majors, it does not get any bigger than the Players Championship. The event sees the PGA Tour’s elite names compete at TPC Sawgrass, and with Woods being a major champion over the past five years thanks to his 2019 Masters win, he would be eligible to compete.
April – Masters Tournament
In April, the Masters, the first significant tournament of the year, takes place, and Woods has placed it as his primary focus for 2024. The 48-year-old finally returned to Augusta National in 2022, after a 17-month hiatus and enduring career-threatening injuries from a car crash 14 months earlier.
After a year, Woods participated in the Masters tournament for the second time in 2023, following his earlier appearance at the Genesis at the start of the year. Unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned during the week when the five-time winner had to withdraw because of an ankle injury, even after making it past the initial stage of the competition.
May – PGA Championship
Another month, another major makes Woods’ planning easy in May. His fourth event of the campaign will no doubt be the PGA Championship at Valhalla. Woods has fond memories of the PGA being held at the course in Kentucky, after winning the 2000 title at the host course based in Louisville.
June – U.S. Open
After a week at Valhalla, Woods will then have a month to prepare for the third major of the year at June’s U.S. Open taking place at Pinehurst. The three-time winner has not featured at the U.S. Open since 2020, after his problems with injury saw him miss the last three editions.
July – Open Championship.
Woods will then cap off major season at Royal Troon for the Open Championship. The major event on British soil is one close to the three-time winner’s heart, but he was forced to miss last year’s edition at Royal Liverpool due to the issue sustained at Augusta three months earlier.
August – Wyndham Championship
Woods will face challenges in adhering to his monthly plan as the focus shifts from major tournaments to the FedEx Cup playoffs on the PGA Tour. His restricted schedule will make it difficult for him to qualify for these playoffs. Despite his impressive performance at the 2019 Masters, it is uncertain if Woods will be able to secure his 16th major championship this year, considering the ongoing
struggles with his physical well-being. One possibility for a safer choice would be to write the name of the former top-ranked player on the list for the last tournament of the regular season, the Wyndham Championship. This event occurs in the first week of August, just before the start of the end-of-season playoffs.
