Tiger Woods’ 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
April of course brings the opening major of the year in the Masters, an event Woods will have at the top of his priority list for 2024. The 48-year-old made his long-awaited return at Augusta National in 2022, 17 months after his last event and 14 months after suffering career-threatening injuries in a car accident.
12 months on, Woods returned to the Masters for his second event of 2023 after once again beginning the year at the Genesis. The week however did not go to plan, as the five-time winner was forced to withdraw after making the cut due to an ankle injury.
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
This is where things get a little more tricky for Woods to stick to his one-a-month plan. With the majors over, attention on the PGA Tour turns to the FedEx Cup playoffs, however his limited schedule will make it hard for him to qualify. Following his heroics at the 2019 Masters, you would not put it past Woods to land major No. 16 this year, but this will prove a tough test as he continues to battle his fitness issues.
A safer option would be to pencil the former world No. 1’s name next to the final regular season event of the campaign, the Wyndham Championship, which takes place in the first week of August before the end-of-season playoffs begin.
