MIAMI ― Tiger Woods will not be competing in the 50th edition of The Players Championship next week as his name did not appear on the field list when it was released after the deadline.
Woods, who previously said he hoped to play once a month on the PGA Tour this year, has not competed since his season debut three weeks ago was cut short due to illness.
The 15-times major champion now has three more opportunities to play competitively ahead of the April 11-14 Masters, which is the first major championship of the season.
Should he want another start ahead of the Masters, Woods’ options are the March 21-24 Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Florida; the March 28-31 Texas Children’s Houston Open; and the April 4-7 Valero Texas Open in San Antonio.
Woods made his only Valspar Championship appearance in 2018, finishing in a share of second. He was third at the 1996 Texas Open and has never played the Houston Open.
The 48-year-old made his highly-anticipated season debut three weeks ago at Riviera where he dealt with back spasms during the first round and withdrew from the second round while on the seventh hole due to a bout of the flu.
