Ready to roar: Tiger Woods and Hero MotoCorp Executive Chairman Pawan Munjal pose forward of the match which will get underway on Thursday.
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There is an air of expectation in the lead up to the Hero World Challenge right here. The probability to see Tiger Woods in motion at Albany provides appreciable heft to the match, which tees off right here on Thursday.
This shall be Woods’ first look in knowledgeable occasion since he withdrew in the third spherical of the Masters in April. A pair of weeks later, he underwent subtalar fusion surgical procedure on his proper ankle.
Due to lengthy durations of inactivity, Woods’ world rating has fallen to 1328. He obtained a sponsor exemption for this 20-man discipline.
Speaking at a press convention right here on Tuesday, Woods acknowledged that he’s ache free. The American famous person, nevertheless, is curious to see if he can go the distance.
“My game feels rusty. I haven’t played in a while. I’m excited to compete and play. I do not have any of the ankle pain that I had in Augusta. In that regard, the surgery was a success. The other parts of my body has taken the load though; there is some soreness,” Woods, 47, mentioned.
“I had to get my ankle either replaced or fused. We chose fusion. The next six months of doing nothing — that’s the hard part. The first couple of months were really rough. Now I’m just as curious as you all to see what happens next,” Wood mentioned.
The well-known aggressive spirit nonetheless burns vivid inside the 15-time Major winner.
“I love competing. I love playing. I miss being out here with the guys… the banter, the camaraderie. There will come a point in time — I haven’t come around to it fully yet — where I won’t be able to win again. When it comes, I will walk away,” Woods mentioned.
In August, Woods took on an administrative position when he joined the PGA Tour Policy Board. Woods is eager to be the voice of the gamers in response to the PGA Tour’s proposed cope with LIV Golf.
Woods defined that the proposed deal took him unexpectedly. “I was surprised. A lot of players were taken back. It happened so quickly.
There was frustration that the players were not involved in the decision making process. This is our tour, and we were taken aback. That cannot happen again,” Wood mentioned.
Hero MotoCorp Executive Chairman Pawan Munjal introduced that the whole prize purse for the Hero World Challenge has been elevated from $3.5 million to $4.5 million.
(The author is in Nassau, Bahamas on invitation from Hero MotoCorp)
