Tiger Woods eyes return in California next month

Tiger Woods said he hopes to return to competitive golf next month. The former world number one has been out of action since August last year due to serious back problems which have required surgery.

The 40-year-old has now announced his intention to compete at the PGA Tour’s Safeway Open in Napa, California, in October. That will come after returning to the course in a more informal setting, at the Tiger Woods Invitational on the Monterey Peninsula, California, three days earlier on October 10.

If all goes well, Woods also hopes he can play in the Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya in November and the Hero World Challenge, which is hosted by his own foundation, at Albany in the Bahamas in December.