While he didn’t play competitive golf for more than a year, it’s easy to forget that Tiger Woods’ return is still in its infancy. That doesn’t mean the 41-year-old has lowered his expectations.
It’s been nearly 31 years since Jack Nicklaus captured his 18th major championship. So with Roger Federer on the precipice of joining the club, the Golden Bear had to be watching every serve of the Australian Open’s final set between Federer and Rafael Nadal on the seat of his chair, yes? Not quite.
On Monday Rory McIlroy pulled out of his second tournament in two weeks due to a stress fracture in his lower ribs. The injury usually has a four-to-six week recovery schedule, seemingly putting McIlroy on the sidelines until March.
Greg Eason is off to an inauspicious Web.com Tour start. At the wind-swept Bahamas Great Exuma Classic, Eason lost a whopping 32 balls in two days on his way to posting 91-95. His first round at the Great Abaco Classic wasn’t promising either, entering the final hole eight over on the day. And then this happened:
Tiger Woods returned to golf at the Hero World Challenge in December, yet his appearance this week at the Farmers Insurance Open marks his first official US PGA Tour event in 17 months.
Kiradech Aphibarnrat has three wins on the European Tour, finished T-15 at last year’s Masters and competed in golf’s return to the Olympics. Still the 27-year-old is in the category of players only known by golf diehards. If he continues to give interviews like this, however, that could be changing.
Australian Golf Digest
