Tiger Woods ‘trying to play’ at Masters after successful return to action
Tiger Woods said he was “trying to play” at next month’s Masters after returning to action for the first time in more than a year after his team was defeated in the final round of the TGL season.
The 50-year-old player, who has undergone a series of surgeries in the last two years, has been away from the field since the surgery to replace the disc in his back in October.
Woods’ previous appearance was in February 2025 in TGL, the indoor team league his company co-founded.
The Jupiter Links team lost 9-2 to Los Angeles Golf Club in its return to competitive action.
The 15-time major winner looked in good physical shape on several drives over 300 meters and said playing in the Masters would depend on how his body recovers.
The tournament, which Woods has won five times, begins April 10 at Augusta National.
“I’m trying, this body isn’t healing like it did when I was 24, 25,” Woods said.
“That doesn’t mean I’m not trying; I’ve been trying for a while. I had a few bad injuries last year, I had to deal with them and it took a while. I keep trying, I want to play.
“I’ve loved the Masters tournament, I’ve loved being there since I was 19, so it’s meant a lot to me and my family over the years and I’ll be there either way.”
Woods has taken on a non-playing role for Jupiter Links GC through the 2026 TGL season, the PGA Tour-backed league that uses a giant screen in a specially constructed field in Florida.
Woods’ team beat Rory McIlroy’s Boston Common team in last week’s semifinals to set up a meeting with Los Angeles in the three-game final.
Los Angeles, featuring England’s Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood, won the opening match, while Woods replaced Kevin Kisner in Tuesday’s season finale.
Jupiter Links, which also featured Max Homa and Tom Kim, took a 2-0 lead in the second game of the final, but Woods missed a one-foot putt on the seventh hole as Los Angeles seized the momentum.
They made three straight eagles before Jupiter conceded the match and tournament on the 10th hole.
“Physically he was fine,” Woods added.
“We ended up getting our ass kicked. Three eagles in a row, we didn’t respond. I missed a short eagle to start and give them momentum and we never got it back.”
