"I am able to come back, yes," said the former world number 1 on Wednesday, the day before the first round of the Genesis Invitational of which he is one of the sponsors at the Riviera Country Club.
"I would like to be able to tell you when I will play again, I would like to know, but I don't know," immediately added the winner of fifteen Majors, seriously injured in a leg in February 2021.
"My golfing activities are very limited. I can play approach shots and putters very well, hit short irons very well too, but I can't hit far yet, because I have to use my leg more," a- he specified.
What calm the most enthusiastic fans who dreamed of a return of Woods at the next Masters, in April in Augusta.
He had already reappeared in public in December, with his son Charlie, taking 2nd place in the PNC Championship in Florida, a family competition.
"I was really very lucky," he also recalled, he who had almost lost the use of his right leg in his road accident.
It was easier than a PGA Tour tournament, because Tiger was getting around in a golf cart.
Nothing to do with a tournament on the professional circuit, which for the moment seems too complicated an objective, playing several rounds in a row on foot.
"I keep working on the walking part, on the strength (of my legs). It takes time," Woods also said.
"What's frustrating is that I can't set the roadmap. I would like to be at a certain point, but I'm not there. I just have to keep working."
American golfer Tiger Woods, during a press conference, January 16, 2022 in Los Angeles, on the eve of the start of the PGA tournament at the Riviera Country Club Robyn Beck AFP
"I'm progressing, yes, but not at the speed I want. There's also the age factor. I'm not healing as quickly as before, and that's frustrating," also regretted the Tiger, 46. year.
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