Hero World Challenge: Tiger Woods missing in the initial programming in the field while Scottie Scheffler confirms the return to the defense title of the Bahamas | News Golf
The return of Tiger Woods to competitive action remains uncertain after the former world n ° 1 was absent from the initial field of the Hero World Challenge that it welcomes.
The event invites only is organized by Woods’ Foundation and has already been used as a return event for the major champion at 15 times, which has played a limited calendar since his suffering of career threatening injuries in a car accident in February 2021.
Woods has not appeared in a 72 -hole tournament since he missed the Open Cup last July, the 49 -year -old missing all the major season in 2025 after having broken his Achilles tendon in March and requiring surgery.
The major champion 15 times used the 20 men’s tournament for his return to action in 2023, after having undergone an ankle operation earlier this spring, but Woods was not in the first 17 players announced for this year’s event in Albany GC from December 4 to 7 – Live on Sky Sports.
Three exemptions from the tournament remain open and will be announced in the coming weeks, leaving Woods over time to decide if it is ready to appear and make its 12th competitive start in the last five seasons.
Woods did not give a calendar for its return, with its only appearances in the past year by coming next to his son Charlie to the PNC championship in December and in the TGL – an internal golf league infused with technology – for Jupiter Links GC.
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Tiger Woods and Jupiter Links failed to make the playoffs of season one of TGL, although the team was not entertaining throughout the tournament
Scheffler continues the Bahamas at three peat
Scottie Scheffler returns as a consecutive reigning champion, after following his three -stroke victory in 2023 by finishing six at Tom Kim time in last year’s competition, the 29 -year -old who called to be the first player to win the event three consecutive years.
The World No. 1 is already a winner in Quintuple this season – including major successes in the PGA championship at Open – with its appearance in the Bahamas which should be its first since its presence for the United States team during its Ryder Cup defeat against Europe with Bethpage Black.
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Highlights of the last round of the open to Royal Portrush, where Scottie Scheffler finished the third stage of the Grand Slam career
Scheffler is one of the six players in the top 10 of the world engaged in the event, with Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas and the US Open JJ Spaun champion among his Ryder Cup teammates because of their line.
The Spaun and the Genesis Scottish Open Chris Gotterup champion will both have their debut, while Justin Rose in England, Robert Macintyre and Austria of Austria – part of the Ryder Cup winning team in New York – are among the non -American players on the ground.
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Protecties of key moments of the last day of the Ryder Cup 2025, where Team Europe maintained to keep the trophy with a famous victory outside
Hero World Challenge: full range 2025
Correct field at October 7; USA unless indication
Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas, JJ Spaun, Robert Macintyre (SCO), Harris English, Keegan Bradley, Justin Rose (Eng), Sepp Straka (AUT), Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), Cameron Young, Patrick Cantlay, Sam Burns, Corey Conrurs (Can) Gotterup, Wyndham Clark, Brian Harman and three exemptions from the tournament (TBA).
The tournament is listed on the PGA Tour calendar but does not offer Fedex or official silver cutting points, although it awards official world golf ranking points (OWGR).
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