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Last updated: 09/05/22 9:00pm
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will compete in the PGA Championship next week, it’s been confirmed
Tiger Woods and defending champion Phil Mickelson will compete in the PGA Championship next week, with both confirmed in the playing field announced on Monday.
Mickelson announced in February that he would be taking a break from golf after harsh comments he made about the Saudi-backed golf tournament surfaced while Woods had only competed once at the Masters last month. before, since being involved in a car crash in February 2021.
Woods, who nearly lost his right leg in the crash, opened with an encouraging score of 71 at Augusta National but went on to finish 13th for the week and 47th.
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He and Mickelson are among 17 PGA champions in the field for the second major tournament of the year, which will take place May 19-22 at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Final place is being reserved for AT&T winner Byron Nelson, starting on Thursday.
Mickelson became golf’s oldest champion at last year’s PGA Championship when less than a month after turning 51, he held off Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen to a two-stroke win at the PGA Championship. Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course.
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Woods has said he plans to play The Open at St. Andrews in July, while the 15-time major champion played a practice round at Southern Hills last month.
The last time the PGA Championship was held at this venue, Woods won by two shots to win the event for the fourth time – although the pitch layout has been significantly renovated.
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After a remarkable comeback at the Masters, Tiger Woods is playing a round of practice rounds at Southern Hills Country Club before a potential appearance at the PGA Championship.
After his final round at Augusta, Woods said: “I don’t quite have the endurance I want to have, but a few weeks ago I didn’t even know if I was going to be in the event.
“To get from there to here, we’re very excited about the prospect of the future, about working out, about getting into that gym and doing a few other things to make my legs stronger, which we can’t do it yet because it needs more time to heal.
“I think it needs a few more days to heal after that, but we’ll get it back after it and we’ll start.”
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