Following a successful return to competetive golf four weeks ago at the Hero World Challenge, Tiger Woods writes in a blog post on his website that he “was very encouraged by my performance at the Hero World Challenge, and hope it was the start of something big.” He finished T9 at the event in the Bahamas, posting a total of 8 under with rounds of 69-68-75-68. Woods writes that he exceeded his own expectations for the event and is “very optimistic about 2018 and looking forward to great things on and off the golf course.” “The biggest surprise for me was finding out that I had the lead after 27 holes,” Woods writes. “I knew I was close after I eagled the ninth. It was nice to have played well enough to do that after being gone so long.” Woods also recaps his rehabilitation process and how it felt to be back amongst his competitors on the course. “I appreciate competitive golf now more than I ever have. During that 10-month period I was away from the game, I had a hard time walking and often needed assistance getting out of bed,” he says. “To go from that and be able to play golf – I hadn’t played without pain for a long time – it was nice to just go out there and chill out, have fun with the guys and needle them. The next step was competition.” Regarding his schedule for the upcoming season, he comments that the finer details are still up in the air. “I would love to play a full schedule in 2018. What that entails, including back-to-back events, I don’t know. I just have to continue to work on my body and game and see where I pan out.” As of now, Woods has only committed to appear at the Genesis Open at Riviera Country Club, where he made his debut at 16 years old.
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