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.

Not anywhere. If modern golf had a Greta Garbo, it would be Tiger Woods. Mickey Wright was golf's ultimate Garbo, and Ben Hogan a close second. Arnold Palmer ...

For each person, that was there at the start, it was there in their professional middles, and it will be there at Tiger’s end, just as it was for Arnold. Along the way, he called Arnold “my hero.” That was a first for me, to hear Tiger say that. In this case, Tiger is the runner. But for here, let’s focus on the thing that connects Arnold and Tiger the most, their mutual love of competitive golf. He used the word “product” 10 times in the press conference, and he was referring to his Tour and the LIV “product” too. When Tiger played in his first one, in 1992, Nissan was the sponsor and Fred was the winner. The world would be a boring place if everybody thought about life, and approached life, the same way. In these situations, you must resort to the adage that the tie goes to the runner. 518 in the world. The first Tour event Tiger ever played was the L.A. A war of attrition on the way to Sunday night. Long before the Genesis Invitational was a so-called

In February 1992, a sprightly 16-year-old golf prodigy by the name of Tiger Woods made his first PGA Tour start at the Riviera Country Club in California.

We’re not trying to limit opportunities out here, but we also want to make sure that when people get opportunities, it’s the most competitive, most competitive tournaments and the most competitive product that we can put out there.” Like I’m not saying that we’re going to have field sizes of 50, it’s going to be closer to what you’ve seen in the past. “It’s the top half of the membership being really happy that they’re in them and… This tour was built on if you shoot the scores, you can move up the levels and play the biggest events. The victory clinched a fifth PGA Tour title for Scheffler, who is excited to go again with the added bonus of Woods on the fairways. We need to produce the best product we possibly can to sell to all the viewerships. 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. A $3.6 million winner’s reward will be up for grabs, though defending champion Joaquin Niemann will not be in California to defend his title. Woods arrives in California on the precipice of greatness. Woods Thursday was part of a star-studded grouping, playing alongside four-time major winner Rory McIlroy and two-time major champion Justin Thomas. “So I don’t understand that making the cut’s a great thing. If I entered the event, it’s always to get a W.

Tiger Woods hasn't made a start in a non-major, official PGA Tour event since the Zozo Championship in October 2020. That changes on Thursday.

[Tiger merch on sale](https://golfweek.usatoday.com/lists/tiger-woods-nike-apparel-gear-genesis-2023/) [Tiger at the Genesis](https://golfweek.usatoday.com/gallery/photos-tiger-woods-at-the-2023-genesis-invitational/) Woods will tee it up alongside good friends Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas for the first two rounds as he continues to regain strength and form after his single-car accident almost two years ago to the day.

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.

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.

The last time Woods teed it up on Tour in a non major was the Zozo Championship at Sherwood in October 2020.

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' tempo has changed over the years, and you can still see the effects in his golf swing at the Genisis Open.

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.

Woods' playing partners on Friday are two of the biggest stars on the PGA Tour, Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas, who he also played with on Thursday. Tiger has a ...

[10:24 a.m. Their telecast will begin at 4 p.m. ET/7:24 a.m. [PGA Tour Live on ESPN+](https://go.web.plus.espn.com/c/3208296/931309/9070) and [Peacock.](https://www.peacocktv.com/sports/golf) PGA Tour Live will stream exclusive coverage of the event beginning at 9:30 a.m. As managing producer for GOLF.com, Cunningham edits, writes and publishes stories on GOLF.com, and manages the brand’s e-newsletters, which reach more than 1.4 million subscribers each month. ET (Golf Channel); 3-6:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); 3-7 p.m. ET (CBS) Golf Channel will carry the round on TV. Tiger will be among the featured groups, which means you’ll be able to watch every single shot he hits on Friday via ESPN+. He also commented on the ongoing fight with LIV Golf, and how the [presence of LIV pros will affect the Masters Champions Dinner](https://golf.com/news/masters-champions-dinner-tension-tiger-woods/) in April. Here’s what you need to know to watch Tiger’s second round, including his tee time, playing partners and complete streaming and TV schedules.

Thursday's first round marks Woods' first non-major PGA Tour start since October 2020.

The league is set to begin play in January 2024. The The 47-year-old Woods has played in three major tournaments since a February 2021 rollover car crash in which he sustained multiple serious leg injuries.

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.

While a torrid start from Max Homa and Jon Rahm were the talk of the tournament early Thursday at the 2023 Genesis Invitational, it was how arguably the ...

His putting has kept him at level par, but it's starting to get chilly and I'm interested to see how his long game holds up coming to the house. Four holes to go to get it back to level or even under par. Nice move late in the day, and he's right on the probably cut line with 20 holes left before the cut is made. Keith Mitchell joins Max Homa at the top of the leaderboard with a 7-under 64. [pic.twitter.com/VfDTmuY2V0] [February 17, 2023] A 2-under 69 -- his first score of 2 under since the first round of the 2020 Masters, which was played in November. "Momentum is a big thing in sports, but if you put the effort that needs to be put in throughout the year and weeks off and at home and you do the little things right, you give yourself a better chance of never really hopefully feeling that," he said. It would be surprising if he wasn't in the mix late on Sunday. He is absolutely a problem for everyone involved, and if he somehow wins this week that would mean he lost to nine golfers in five PGA Tour events before the Florida swing. There's still a long way to go, but the caliber of golf he's playing -- positive strokes gained approach in his last eight starts -- combined with his history at Riv -- three consecutive top 10s -- make him a scary proposition to deal with the rest of the way. I posed the question last week: Is Homa the third-best player in the world (behind Rory McIlroy and Rahm)? Woods' closing kick was nearly as remarkable as his speed off the tee, and he once again reminded us why he's the best to ever do it.

Tiger Woods closed with three straight birdies for a 2-under 69 in the Genesis Invitational, leaving him five shots behind Max Homa and Keith Mitchell.

"I'm going to work on the range," McIlroy said. "I hadn't been out here so I've missed some of the things that have transpired on Tour, which is kind of fun." As Woods explained, the time in between will feature plenty of icing and treatment in order to get ready for tomorrow. Throughout the course of his round on Thursday, he still had a slight hitch in his step as he looked to limit the pressure on his right ankle. During a few times in the round, Woods removed his right shoe and adjusted his ankle brace and sock. The putt slipped in on the right side and seemed to give Woods the spark he needed. Woods set up on the left side of the tee box and carved a nine iron that faded right and landed pin high, five feet from the cup. "I was trying to calm myself down all day," Woods said. "There's nothing like come game time, just the feeling of the butterflies and trying to calm all that stuff down," Woods said. "I didn't want to be the idiot host to miss it right in front of everybody after I just went birdie-birdie," Woods said of his birdie putt on No. Over the course of more than five hours, Woods grinded his way to clutch pars and bounced back from three bogeys only to finish with a flurry of vintage shots that changed the entire tenor of his round. Given his physical state, there was an expectation that the back nine would be tough for Woods to endure.

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.

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 ...

Tiger Woods sinks three birdies to end his first round at the Genesis Invitational at two-under par, five strokes within leaders Max Homa and Keith ...

“There’s a lot of ice going on here,” he said. I didn’t want to be the idiot host to miss it right in front of everybody after I just went birdie-birdie.” “He’s nervous as can be because he didn’t want to be the one to miss on 18. “As soon as I get back to the hotel, it’s just icing and treatment and icing and treatment, just hit repeat throughout the whole night. This is his 14th tournament at Riviera, and he has played no other course as many times without a win. He has a strict regimen that’s even more rigorous to account for his creaky, reconstructed body. He hit his tee shot on the par-three 16th hole to five feet, then sank the putt. Part of the pleasure, Woods said, was playing with his friends, Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy, who likewise had strong rounds. “So I’ve had so many surgeries that the ankle just keeps changing, the leg keeps changing. I had to try and figure out what the chess match is going to be.” [list of infirmities](https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-02-24/tiger-woods-injury-surgery-timeline-golf-career-review) includes at least five back surgeries, his recovery from a near-fatal rollover accident, and a recent bout with plantar fasciitis. I was trying to calm myself down all day, trying to figure out what the hell I’m doing out here because I haven’t played.

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.

Woods finished with a flourish at Riviera Country Club in an afternoon where he appeared to move well throughout the round.

Tiger Woods is back at the Genesis Invitational and fans love it. They're not alone, though. Players are loving it, too.

[PodBean](https://dropzonegolf.podbean.com/) [Stitcher](https://www.stitcher.com/show/golfcom-podcast) [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/5tCHGYbvzziD2cyntgfseS?si=7d9c60166f054228) [iHeart](https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-drop-zone-golf-podcast-86279832/) [Colt Knost](https://golf.com/news/rickie-fowler-tpc-scottsdales-16th-crowd/) was the walking reporter with Woods group Thursday. But you could see it most in a harmless conversation between Woods and Jason Day on Tuesday afternoon, which already feels like weeks ago. His performance made things at least a little weird for McIlroy and Thomas, who were relegated to supporting duty for the first time in a while. With wild winds delaying Rai’s own practice round, he introduced himself to Woods and learned all about his garden and backyard short game area. After the round, he shook his head with a knowing smile. It was just one of the many signs that Woods is still a thrill for all his colleagues, even if they’re his competitors, too. On 18, JT calmly curled in a birdie from 28 feet that sent a jolt into the amphitheater behind 18. — Max McGreevy was up on his tippy-toes Thursday evening, just trying to get a glance.

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

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

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.

Photos of Tiger Woods back on the fairway in the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club after a seven-month hiatus from the PGA Tour.

A two-sport scholarship athlete at the University of Maine, Orono, she still holds the record for five goals in one field hockey game. She has been a staff photographer with the Los Angeles Times since 1994. Gina Ferazzi grew up in the small New England town of Longmeadow, Mass.

The 15-time major champion played in a threesome with the former Alabama All-American in his return to the PGA Tour on Thursday.

Thomas is playing in his fifth PGA Tour event this season. It turned out Woods gave Thomas a tampon after outdriving the former “The ebb and flow of needling each other, encouraging each other and telling stories.

Paige Spiranac was a big fan of Tiger Woods' funny move on the golf course involving Justin Thomas and a tampon.

“If anyone tries to cancel Tiger over this we riot. If anyone tries to cancel Tiger over this we riot. — Paige Spiranac (@PaigeSpiranac)

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.

Tiger Woods gifted Justin Thomas a Tampon after outdriving him on the ninth hole at the Genesis Invitational on Thursday — and the aftermath is as must-see ...

Woods’ health will be tested on Friday morning, as he does a quick turnaround for the second round of the event. At one point, Woods also outdrove McIlroy — known as one of the longer hitters on the PGA Tour. I put my driver up a click in loft at the start of the week, I might have to turn it back down again,” McIlroy said.

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.

Live scores, updates and highlights from Friday's second-round action in the 2023 Genesis Invitational.

Woods airmailed the green as he attempted to cut the wheels off underneath his wedge shot. [pic.twitter.com/2vCJH56Ko5] [February 17, 2023] [pic.twitter.com/lUdhCZq7s6] [February 17, 2023] [pic.twitter.com/zRJhZ58e3U] [February 17, 2023] [pic.twitter.com/AAwXx28CCw] [February 17, 2023] The course is playing about a stroke more difficult than yesterday so anything under par will be a good day's work. [pic.twitter.com/nHko89DVBD] [February 17, 2023] OK, let's par the ninth and get out of here. [pic.twitter.com/ebgItntfdR] [February 17, 2023] With two bogeys over his next four holes, Rahm has dropped to 6 under and even on the round. Everybody will be chasing him and Homa (and Keith Mitchell, who also shot 64 in Round 1) as one of the best PGA Tour events of the year starts to unfold on Friday. A 69 from Tiger Woods, a 64 from Max Homa (the Round 1 leader) and a combined 9 under from the group of Woods, Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy.

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?

Fifteen-time major winner Tiger Woods shot a 2-under, 69 on Thursday at the Genesis Invitational to finish the day five back of the leaders in his first ...

[CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP](https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink) [Woods told the media](https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/tiger-woods) on Tuesday. No, that’s just not in my DNA." But wrapping my head around that transition and being an ambassador role and just playing and just trying to be out here with the guys? "I have not come around to the idea of being [a ceremonial golfer]. "There's nothing like come game time, just the feeling of the butterflies and trying to calm all that stuff down," Woods said.

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.

Follow Tiger Woods with shot-by-shot live updates from his Friday round at the PGA Tour's 2023 Genesis Invitational.

He’ll have a wedge to the green and a great chance to get back to even on the day. He lands his tee shot on the fringe and lets it release towards the back right pin for a tap-in birdie. Really nothing much to say here, just a perfect shot at the right time to keep his round in check. The miss on Thursday was right and the same holds true today as Tiger loses another one off the tee, this time into the gallery, and without a helpful kick off a tree. That’ll be about 14 feet for par but he doesn’t give it the credit it deserves and misses on the right. He’s a long way from the green but he’s at least got a shot at it. He came away with a pretty good lie and actually had a shot at the flag from 138 yards out but he left it short, maybe a club short. It hit a tree and kicked back to the left in the rough towards the fairway. Misses this one from eight feet on the amateur side, just didn’t pair the pace with the line. He stuffed his tee shot at the par-3 16th, canned his first 20-plus footer of the round on No. It’s early and cold, so easing into the round with an iron and leaving a clean shot from the fairway was smart. Playing alongside good friends Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas for the first two rounds, Woods birdied his final three holes on Thursday for a 2-under 69 to put himself in position to make the weekend cut.

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.

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 shot even-par through the first nine holes of his second round at the Genesis Invitational on Friday to remain at 2-under on the tournament.

Opting to putt, Woods tried to skirt a 70-foot putt along the left edge of the bunker, but instead caught the edge of the bowl and saw his ball careen into the bunker. The birdie brought him back to even on the day. Having opened Friday on Riviera’s back nine, Woods arrived at the 17th at 1-over on the day. Woods will look back on Friday and remember a handful of missed birdie opportunities on the front on those mistakes on the back. Seeing his driver finish in a fairway bunker, he was forced to loft a shot into the fairway on the 604-yard par-5. On a brighter note, Woods showed his still plays with enough power to compete, ranking T22 in driving distance, averaging over 300 yards off the tee. Tiger’s stats carry all the telltale signs of a player knocking off a lot of rust. All that said, while Woods hit the ball well at times in Friday’s second round, he was stifled by a two-way miss with the putter on his front nine and a few mental mistakes on the back. At the time of Woods’ finish, Mitchell had completed Round 2 and Morikawa was on No. The biggest positive, perhaps, is that following a Thursday afternoon finish, Woods turned around for a Friday morning start and made it through another 18 at Riviera without looking overly labored or aching. The 47-year-old has appeared in three major tournaments since a February 2021 rollover car crash in which he sustained multiple serious leg injuries. - Keith Mitchell and Collin Morikawa lead the tournament, shooting 9-under.

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Tiger Woods apologized Friday for handing fellow golfer Justin Thomas a tampon after outdriving him Thursday at the Genesis Invitational.

It was not intended to be that way. He finished Friday one shot over par for the event after shooting a 3-over round Friday. “It was supposed to be all fun and games and obviously it hasn’t turned out that way,” Woods told reporters.

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 slipped Justin Thomas a tampon after outdriving him in the opening round of the Genesis Invitational on Thursday.

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Late mistakes jeopardized his place in the field for the second half of this tournament, but as the difficulty of Riviera increased on Friday, Woods was ultimately able to find himself a weekend tee time. After putting his second into the bunker, Woods converted a slippery 5-foot bogey putt to remain in red figures at 1 under. The putter began to cooperate in the middle stretch of his back nine, but unfortunately for Woods, this was met with subpar approach play. Bogeys ensued on the following two holes as Woods dropped to even par and just inside the projected cut line. Turning in a 3-over 74 on Friday was how Woods followed up his opening round of 2-under 69 from Thursday to remain inside the top 65 at 1 over. Hitting his approach shots inside 8 feet on both holes, the 47-year-old was unable to convert either chance as a cold putter matched the chilly California temperatures early.

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He finished the day five shots behind leaders Max Homa and Keith Mitchell. Andrew's in which he finished +9 and failed to make the cut. Virally, this did not come across that way." "It was not intended to be that way. Thomas could be seen taking the tampon from Woods while the two shared a laugh. Tiger Woods had an impressive start to the 2023 Genesis Invitational in the opening round on Thursday, as he shot a 2-under 69 in his first appearance at a regular PGA Tour event since 2020.

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Tiger Woods is in danger of missing the cut at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club after shooting a 3-over 74 in the second round Friday.

On the ninth, his last hole, his second shot landed in a greenside bunker and he couldn't get up and down. Woods was more efficient with his iron play and work around the green, but he lost nearly 2 strokes to the field in putting during his round. The highlight of Woods' round came on the par-3 14th. Woods made putts of 10 feet and 5 feet to save par on Nos. 2 and 3, respectively, and sank another 10-footer for par on the 4th. He missed four putts inside 10 feet in the first nine holes. After making the turn, he missed another 9-footer for birdie on No. Andrews in July, which was the last time he had teed it up in an official event before this week. Just didn't make the putts early and the middle part of the round when I had those opportunities. That was his first official event after he was seriously injured in a car wreck outside Los Angeles in February 2021. With a 36-hole total of 1 over par, Woods might be just on or outside the cut line, depending on what happens in the second wave of players Friday. A day earlier, he birdied each of his last three holes to card a 2-under 69.

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Late mistakes jeopardized his place in the field for the second half of this tournament, but as the difficulty of Riviera increased on Friday, Woods was ultimately able to find himself a weekend tee time. After putting his second into the bunker, Woods converted a slippery 5-foot bogey putt to remain in red figures at 1 under. The putter began to cooperate in the middle stretch of his back nine, but unfortunately for Woods, this was met with subpar approach play. Bogeys ensued on the following two holes as Woods dropped to even par and just inside the projected cut line. Turning in a 3-over 74 on Friday was how Woods followed up his opening round of 2-under 69 from Thursday to remain inside the top 65 at 1 over. Hitting his approach shots inside 8 feet on both holes, the 47-year-old was unable to convert either chance as a cold putter matched the chilly California temperatures early.

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After having his tee shot roll back to the front of the green, Woods contemplated using a wedge to chip it over the bunker that sits in the middle of the green. Even if he isn't in contention on Sunday, playing the weekend is a great chance for him to test the strength and endurance in his surgically repaired right leg and ankle. So it wasn't a surprise that his work around the greens and on them left a lot to be desired. Shooting under par over the course of his first four rounds this season would be a remarkable accomplishment given the situation, and though I think that will be plenty difficult, it's an attainable goal. This is the kind of test he needs as he continues his comeback. I don't have that because of the limitations in my back and my leg." "There's things technically that we have found that work, but if I try and step on it and use the ground, it just doesn't happen anymore," Woods said. Given that the turnaround from Thursday to Friday was a quick one that, as Woods said, required plenty of ice and treatment overnight, it was no surprise he may have slowed down and experienced more discomfort in the second round. He's using a lot of core strength, but has to be careful doing that because of his fused back. I think his frustration with his putting probably drained him of some of the adrenaline he had in the opening round. Schlabach: After all of his surgeries, I think it's absolutely remarkable that Woods is still averaging more than 300 yards off the tee. He shot a 3-over 74 to finish the first two rounds at 1-over.