Tiger Woods admits he is ‘not competitive’ on return to action

Tiger Woods admitted he was “not competitive” arsenic he prepares for his first tourney rounds since his latest backmost surgery.

Woods will partner his boy Charlie astatine the PNC Championship successful Orlando complete the play successful his first tourney since The Open successful July.

The 48-year-old underwent microdepression room of the lumbar spine for nervus impingement successful the little backmost successful September, the latest of respective backmost operations.

“I’m not competitory correct now,” the 15-time Major champion told the PGA website aft Friday’s pro-am astatine the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando successful Grande Lakes.

He admitted he only made the determination to play precocious on, but he wanted “to beryllium capable to person the experience” of playing pinch his boy again.

Woods joked that his 15-year-old had beaten him complete 9 holes, but not complete a afloat 18.

“That time is coming. I’m conscionable prolonging it for arsenic agelong arsenic I perchance can.”

They will beryllium joined by Padraig and Paddy Harrington, playing the PNC Championship for the sixth time, pinch Nick and Matthew Faldo, Lee and Daniel Trevino and Annika Sorenstam and Will McGee among a star-studded section connected Saturday and Sunday.