Tiger Woods arrives at Royal Troon (Scotland) this Sunday and played an 18-hole practice round to prepare for the 152nd British Open from Thursday 18th to Sunday 21st at this link located in the county of Ayrshire, on the north Atlantic coast. The former world number 1 and Open champion three times (2000, 2005 and 2006) He arrives on a private flight and also practices chipping, putting and hitting from the bunker.
According to PGATour.com, Woods is also scheduled to compete this Monday and Tuesday with Max Homa and Justin Thomas.
He 15-time major champion jtherefore will occur four Grand Slams this 2024 for the first time since 2019. A serious car accident in 2021 almost cost him a leg and since then he has put together restricted annual calendars dedicated to the ‘bigs’, the Genesis Invitational (his founding event) and exhibitions such as the PNC Championship with his son Charlie.
Woods, 48, tied for sixth at the Open in 2018, but has competed just twice since then, missing the cut in 2019 and 2022. Ankle surgery in April 2023 forced him to miss most of the season. In the first three majors of 2024, Woods is 60th at the Masters and missed the cut at the PGA Championship and US Open.
Tiger played twice in the Open at Royal Troon in his career. He tied for 24th in 1997 and ninth in 2004. He was absent from the last visit to Royal Troon in 2016, with a historic victory for Swede Henrik Stenson.
Source: La Verdad
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