The golf season is in full swing, with the PGA Tour preparing for a tournament this weekend being one of the most notable tournaments, and that is because it is Tiger Woods’ tournament, the Genesis Invitational.

The Genesis has been in the news recently after it was forced to be moved from Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles to Torrey Pines due to the wild fires in Los Angeles area. However, since that decision was made the next question on everyone’s minds was, “Will Tiger be playing?”

It was early last week when Tiger took to social media to announce he was going to try and play in the Genesis. Of course, this got the golf world excited to see Woods tee it up for the first time in 2025. However, the passing of his mother, Kultida Woods, last Tuesday threw a wrench into his plans.

Monday Woods announced while he tried his best, he isn’t able to play in the tournament his weekend and is withdrawing.

I planned to tee it up this week, but I’m just not ready. I did my best to prepare, knowing it’s what my Mom would have wanted, but I’m still processing her loss.

Thanks to everyone who has reached out. I hope to be at Torrey later in the week and appreciate the continued… pic.twitter.com/HP45Tla3QQ

— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) February 10, 2025

While the death of his mother is the main reason for Woods withdrawing from the tournament, he hasn’t been able to be a regular on tour for quite some time now. And despite Woods not being an every week player anymore due to his health, the golf world still revolves around Tiger Woods. When he plays, there are more eyeballs on the tournament and how he is playing. From a health standpoint this offseason hasn’t been an easy one for arguably the greatest player of all-time.

In September Woods underwent a microdiscectomy which was believed to have been his sixth, and he did not play the Hero World Challenge, which he hosts, in December, explaining he wasn’t ready.

Woods has completed four rounds just twice since the 2021 single-car accident in which he suffered fractures to his right leg, plus trauma to his right ankle. Doctors inserted a rod, screws and pins to stabilize Woods’ leg. He played that way, but plantar fasciitis necessitated another operation in 2023, after which he missed another 10 months.

Tiger has played twice in the TGL this offseason, and has shown the ability to at least swing the club with regularity, but the death of his mother last week threw yet another wrench into his plans to play moving forward.

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