Tiger Returns Tonight
Tiger Woods is set to make his return at the TGL Finals tonight after back surgery — he’s scheduled for Match 2 and the announcement has generated big fan excitement. (x.com) (x.com)
7 p.m. ET is the listed start time for the match on ESPN and the ESPN App. (espn.com) Play will take place at the SoFi Center on the Palm Beach State College campus in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (tglgolf.com) Los Angeles Golf Club won the opening contest 6-5 to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three finals. (espn.com) Woods is set to replace Kevin Kisner in the Jupiter Links lineup and will team with Tom Kim and Max Homa against Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood and Sahith Theegala. (pgatour.com) Tournament coverage and league reports note Woods has not played on the PGA Tour since The Open Championship in 2024, underwent a back procedure later that year, tore his Achilles in spring 2025 and then had disk-replacement surgery in October. (pgatour.com) He remains listed in the Masters field for April but has not publicly confirmed whether he will play at Augusta National. (pgatour.com) Jupiter Links had been using Akshay Bhatia as an alternate, but Bhatia is competing at the Hero Indian Open in New Delhi this week and was unavailable. (espn.com)
