I'll be honest, I'm stunned at Tiger's scoring. Not willing to say he's 'back' all the way, but hey, its a ripping good start!
http://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/...iger-woods-live-tracker-updates-highlights-3/
World rankings of the Hero World Challenge field this week; 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 19 20 22 25 26 27 28 38 & 898
Should be a minimum field for any WRP Tiger will get invites even when he loses his status !
Tiger could have flopped, but he did not in his returnWhen was this thread started? Tiger has barely held a club the last 2 years and Lefty is rarely a threat to win titles over Spieth, Day, Mcllroy, Adam Scott, etc. Tiger played last weekend and completed the weekend only because there was no cut.
He probably played this event because he knew that he was going to get all 4 days in, in fact 5 with the pro am. Also he is the sponsor is he not? This is his event.
Like any sport it takes a fair while to get "match fit" after so long out his knees and back would have needed this to see how everything holds up. I read the caddie says it was a major achieve just to get him through the 5 days.
The fact that ranking points are available also helps (why play in this otherwise for the rest of the field?). I'm sure Tiger was delighted to go low in one of the rounds a good confidence boost. I don't expect him to start challenging for titles until he has played half a dozen or so events.