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Tiger Woods told Jack Nicklaus he is going to play on the Champions Tour because they allow golf carts

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• Golf's "senior" tour uses carts, and Woods feels he can compete if he doesn't have to walk.
• Woods was forced to withdraw from this year's Masters because of an injury.

Tiger Woods was forced to withdraw from this year's Masters because of a lingering injury with 30 holes still to play.

We may never see Woods play full-time golf again, but there is growing hope that we will see a lot more of him in a few years.

On Nick Faldo's podcast , Jack Nicklaus revealed that Woods intends to play on golf's senior tour, PGA Tour Champions, and their rule on golf carts is part of the motivation.

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"[Tiger] actually can still hit the ball pretty well," Nicklaus told Faldo, via Golf.com . "But he can't walk. He can't walk. And I told him, 'Tiger, you're eligible to take a cart.' He says, 'I'm not going to do that.' He says, 'When I get to the senior tour, I will.'"

Woods, 47, is not eligible for the Champions Tour for three more years. Woods' longtime rival, Phil Mickelson, has been playing events on the tour and has four wins since turning 50 in 2020.

Woods has had several surgeries on his back , including fused vertebrae, and that was before he nearly lost his leg in a scary car accident . In 2021, Woods was driving an SUV before a tournament when he lost control and rolled off the road.

When Faldo pressed Nicklaus on this revelation, Nicklaus made it clear that this is what Woods wants.

"He wants to play the senior tour," Nicklaus said. "He's a competitor."

The Champions Tour has allowed golfers the option of using a cart since 2006 . However, in an interesting twist, carts are still not permitted in their five majors. Woods has recently limited his professional golfing to majors and events he hosts . 

Before the Masters, Woods spoke during a press conference about how endurance has been his biggest challenge since the car accident and talked about using a cart on the senior tour.

"The ability and endurance of what my leg will do going forward will never be the same, I understand that," Woods said, later adding: "I just have to be cognizant of how much I can push it. Like Rory was saying, I can hit a lot of shots, but the difficulty for me is going to be the walking going forward. It is what it is. I wish it could be easier. I've got three more years, where I get the little buggy and be out there with Fred, but until then, no buggy."

Woods previously hinted at playing on the Champions Tour. 

"I'm a great cart golfer," Woods said during an appearance on  Another Golf Podcast . "Not good at the walking part. So, I guess it's what, three and a half years, I get to ride the buggy like all those guys out there."

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Did Tiger Woods just drop a major hint he plans to play on the senior tour?

How long Tiger Woods will play competitive golf is a question golf fans have grappled with for years. Will the sport's ultimate competitor hang on as long as possible? Or will the game's biggest winner lose interest if he's not still winning? Of course, the health of a man with a fused back and a five-time surgically repaired knee will have a lot to do with Tiger's retirement timeline as well.

But while we wait to see Woods' career play out, the 15-time major champ may have just dropped a major hint—emphasis on may have . Appearing Tuesday on Triple M's "Hot Breakfast," an Australian radio show, Woods was asked if he planned to play into his 50s.

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“I think the golden carrot of getting out there when you’re 50 is you get a cart, right?" Woods said with a laugh. "So that would be nice."

Hmm. Would it now? Was Woods referring to the PGA Tour Champions? The place where John Daly and Co. is almost always allowed to ride in a cart? Maybe? For an athlete whose body has been through so much wear and tear, playing with a cart probably sounds pretty tempting. . .

Perhaps, Tiger just saw Jeff Maggert and Scott McCarron , a pair of three-time winners during their PGA Tour careers, celebrating with glasses of red wine in hand at the senior circuit's season finale and thought, "Hey, I could clean up against these old guys!" Or, maybe, he was just joking. Maybe.

So what will Woods, who recently won a record-tying 82nd PGA Tour title, do when he hangs up the Sunday red for good? (Possibly after destroying Bernhard Langer's record of 11 majors on the senior tour? Maybe?)

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“For me, it’ll be simple,” Woods said. “I love spearfishing. I love being in the water, I love hunting. I like going on hunting trips, fishing trips and diving trip so to me, just being out in nature is the f---ing ultimate best.”

Yeah, but drinking red wine and collecting annuities while playing golf isn't bad either. And golf fans would certainly love seeing Woods stick around as long as possible, regardless of tour. Just saying, Tiger. . .

Anyway, you can listen to Tiger's full 10-minute interview in which he also discusses recently naming himself a Presidents captain's pick below (starts at 50-minute mark):

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Tiger Woods with son Charlie last December at the PNC Championship, where he played with a cart.

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Tiger Woods, PGA Tour Champions golfer?

Maybe, if you believe the only player he trails on the all-time majors win list. On an appearance this week on Nick Faldo’s new podcast , Sir Nick’s Round Table Chats , Jack Nicklaus revealed that Woods has told him he plans to play the 50-and-over golf circuit. 

The news came out almost nonchalantly. 

“Obviously, poor Tiger, unfortunately. I commented after the dreadful accident, when people were saying, oh, he’s going to do this and do that, I said he’s got to be able to walk again,” Faldo said on the podcast. “Poor fella. And it doesn’t sound good right now.” 

“I don’t think he’s ever really going to play — he’s going to play the majors,” said Nicklaus, an 18-time major winner. “And he actually can still hit the ball pretty well.” 

“Oh, he hits it solid, but he can’t walk,” Faldo said.

“But he can’t walk. He can’t walk,” Nicklaus said. “And I told him, Tiger, you’re eligible to take a cart. He says, I’m not going to do that. He says, when I get to the senior tour, I will.” 

“Oh. He’s actually thinking he would come back out at 50?” Faldo asked. 

“He wants to play the senior tour,” Nicklaus said. 

“Wow. How about that?” Faldo said.

“Well, he’s a competitor,” Nicklaus said. 

“That’s probably a secret,” Faldo said. 

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Perhaps. Of course, we probably won’t know the 47-year-old’s sincere intentions to play the Champions for maybe another three years; he’s often been tight-lipped about even his PGA Tour schedule. Still, late last year, the 15-time major winner also raised the possibility of playing Champions events. 

“I’m a great cart golfer,” Woods said on Another Golf Podcast podcast . “Not good at the walking part. So, I guess it’s what, three and a half years, I get to ride the buggy like all those guys out there.”

Players, of course, can use carts on the Champions tour, and can’t on the PGA Tour. Notably, Woods has also said he would not apply to use one on the younger circuit, despite a series of injuries he has suffered to his left leg, ankle and foot after a car crash just over two years ago, and that he would play a limited schedule going forward. 

At the Hero World Challenge in December, Woods was most recently asked about using a cart at Tour events. 

“On the PGA Tour, no,” he said. “On the sanctioned events where it’s allowed, yes, which is the Champions Tour, PNC, things of that nature. …

“I think golf [sic] is an integral part of the game at our level, and I will never take a golf cart until it’s sanctioned. It’s sanctioned on the Champions Tour, and the PNC is part of that. As far as a regular event, no, I would never do that.”

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But he may starting after Dec. 30, 2025. 

He turns 50 that day. 

“He’s a competitor,” Nicklaus said on Faldo’s podcast. “He loves competition.” 

“Well, that’s what’s so impressive about — we talked about winning titles,” Faldo said. “I mean, to keep churning out winning and keep going — obviously he’s chasing your record, chasing Sam Snead’s record, but to be able to come out, with all that’s going on, considering he’s been in this era, to just keep wanting to win, couldn’t care less about prize money. 

“Just wanting to win.” 

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Senior golf for Tiger? Woods opens the door with comments at the Masters

As Tiger Woods plays in the Masters, we are reminded of who he was at one point in his career and how injuries and age have made him a part-time golfer.

But in his pre-tournament news conference this week in Augusta, Ga., Woods let it be known that at 47, he still has some years left in his golf career, even if it is with only a handful of tournaments in the next few years.

“It is what it is. I wish it could be easier. I've got three more years, where I get the little buggy and be out there with Fred (laughter) but until then no buggy,” Woods said.

Fred, of course, is Fred Couples, who is one of Woods’ closest friends in golf. And the reference to a buggy is senior golf, playing perhaps on the PGA Tour Champions for golfers 50 and older. The surprise in the comments is that Woods might actually be thinking about playing golf after 50 at all.

For years, especially when Woods was at the peak of his game, it was assumed that he would have little if any interest in playing senior golf. If he played after 50, Woods would be chasing major titles and PGA Tour trophie s, not senior titles.

But physically, Woods can’t play a full PGA Tour season anymore. The Masters this week is just Woods’ second start of the 2022-23 season. He might play the other three majors the rest of the year, but little else.

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So if Woods isn’t playing in PGA Tour events, why would he consider senior events? There might be a few good reasons.

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First, there is the golf cart. Woods is still struggling with the injuries to his right ankle and leg suffered in a 2021 single-car accident in Los Angeles. So far, Woods has declined to use a cart in PGA Tour events or major championships, even though he might be approved for such a use. But it does mean Woods has to walk 72 holes (assuming he makes the cut) up and down hills, perhaps in colder conditions at times. None of that helps his golf game.

But on the PGA Tour Champions or other senior events, a cart is part of the game. Golfers are allowed to use a cart, but can also choose to walk during their rounds. A cart would take a lot of stress off of Woods physically.

Second, playing senior golf might not mean playing any PGA Tour Champions events at all. If Woods is only focusing on major championships as his PGA Tour career winds down, he might do the same thing as a senior. And that doesn’t mean he will play all five of the senior majors. It could be just the Senior U.S. Open, the Senior PGA Champions and the Senior British Open.

In particular, the Senior U.S. Open will be intriguing to Woods. Remember, Woods won three U.S. Junior Amateur championships, three U.S. Amateurs and three U.S. Opens. A win in another USGA national championship at a different age level certainly would be appealing to Woods.

So maybe Woods won’t be in the field of the 2026 Galleri Classic in Rancho Mirage, the first time that event will be played after Woods turns 50 in December of 2025. Then again, with people like Couples talking about how great the Galleri Classic was in its debut this year, and with Woods perhaps looking for a few competitive rounds just two weeks before the 2026 Masters, anything is possible.

Larry Bohannan is the golf writer for The Desert Sun. You can contact him at (760) 778-4633 or at [email protected]. Follow him on Facebook or on Twitter at @larry_bohannan. Support local journalism. Subscribe to The Desert Sun.

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Phil Mickelson is putting on a show this week in his PGA Tour Champions debut – and Tiger Woods has taken notice.

“(He’s) playing unbelievable golf,” Woods said Wednesday at the BMW Championship, where he’s among the top 69 players still remaining in the FedExCup race. “He said he’s been close to playing well.”

Indeed, Mickelson, who was bounced from the playoffs after a missed cut at The Northern Trust, signed up for this week’s Charles Schwab Series at Ozarks National, his first start on the over-50 circuit. Through two rounds Mickelson was at 17-under 125, one shot off the 36-hole tour scoring record.

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“He was already one of the longest hitters out here (on the PGA Tour),” Woods said, “and now he goes to where he’s going to pick up a huge advantage off the tee. But you have to take advantage of that opportunity off the tee. His wedge game is off the charts, every wedge in there he’s going to put it inside of 10, 15 feet each and every time. Hole those, get momentum and keep it going.

“There’s no reason why he can’t win every event he plays out there. He’s got such a big advantage over the rest of the field just with sheer length.”

Mickelson was looking to become the 20th player to win in his PGA Tour Champions debut.

Woods, who turns 45 in December, was asked if he could envision joining the senior circuit when he’s eligible.

“Well, there was a time in which I didn’t think I would play out here again (because of back troubles), so I’m just enjoying what I have here, and that’s six years away,” he said. “That’s a long time. I’ve only been back for a few years. I’m looking forward to just playing out here and being part of the guys out here.”

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Tiger Woods' TGL team adds Max Homa, Tom Kim, Kevin Kisner as members of Jupiter Links GC

Woods will play in his upstart indoor screen league that he co-founded with rory mcilory.

Tiger Woods is already making plans on playing competitive golf once 2025 rolls around. Woods on Monday announced the members of his TGL team, Jupiter Links GC, which will consist of himself and fellow PGA Tour stars Max Homa, Tom Kim and Kevin Kisner. 

"I have already shared my excitement and optimism for TGL as a league and product," Woods said. "Now that we have finalized our roster with a team of world-class golfers, I am even more confident that this group will proudly represent the Jupiter area and connect with our fans for years to come."

Woods and Rory McIlroy are part owners of TMRW Sports, which has a majority stake in TGL. Additional equity in the league is divided between the PGA Tour, other players in TGL and team ownership groups. Woods is joined in owning Jupiter Links GC by David Blitzer, who owns other sports franchises such as the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils. 

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TGL was scheduled to begin in January 2024 only to be postponed until January 2025 after the facility being built in Florida to house the league was damaged by severe storms. The league will feature technology never before implemented in golf, including a 64-foot by 46-foot screen that players will hit into; it is 20 times larger than a regular simulator screen. There will also be a 100-yard by 50-yard short game area featuring a green that can change shape at the push of a button. All of this will sit in the middle of an arena that can hold up to 1,500 fans.

Other teams named thus far include Boston Common Golf, headlined by McIlroy , as well as the Atlanta Drive (Justin Thomas), New York Golf Club (Rickie Fowler, Matt Fitzpatrick) and the Angeles Golf Club (Collin Morikawa).

TGL was constructed as a way for players to obtain equity in the professional golf world as a bit of a response to the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf, which several players have left for over the last few years amid the lure of guaranteed money. 

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Who will Scottie Scheffler follow: Tiger Woods or Johnny Miller?

One of the two or three best golfers of all time (yes, Tiger). Or merely a great golfer, Hall of Famer in fact, who still seemed to have underachieved, given how great he was at his best (Johnny).

Or maybe somewhere between?

Scheffler recently won his second major championship, which was his ninth career PGA Tour victory, and followed it up with this past week’s win in Hilton Head to continue his current streak of head-turning greatness: Four wins and a runner-up in his last five starts.

We can go back 25 years (Tiger) and 50 years (Johnny) to find similar post-WWII streaks, as well as two eventual career paths that suggest you just never know what happens next.

1999: Tiger Woods begins his run of steady dominance

Tiger Woods was an established star within the golf world before he even turned pro. A few early wins confirmed that his golf would transfer well to the play-for-pay game, but then came the 1997 Masters, where he lapped the field and became much more than just a “golf world” star.

He would play 10 more majors without a victory (and win just once in 1998) until the 1999 PGA Championship, which was his second major and 10th overall PGA Tour win. Similar mileposts to Scheffler’s, though at 23, Tiger was four years younger than Scottie today.

In ’99, after winning the PGA and finishing 37th the following week, Tiger would win his last four starts of the Tour season, as well as the season-ending World Cup of Golf. He’d also open the next season with wins in his first two official PGA Tour starts.

Scheffler’s streak of four wins in five starts is now on hold as he goes home to Texas to await the birth of his first child. His next start will be the third week of May at the PGA Championship in Louisville.

His tee-to-cup brilliance in this extended stretch hasn’t been seen since any number of great stretches Tiger put together during his unmatched run from 1999-2009. It’s one thing to get wins in bunches, but quite another to have a bunch of bunches, as Tiger did.

Fifty years ago, another future Hall of Famer won in bunches — a couple of times, in fact. But Johnny Miller’s career arc never stretched too far without a detour, and serves as a cautionary tale that no matter the brilliance of the maestro, you never know when the music might stop playing.

1974: The Desert Fox threatens the Golden Bear’s reign … for a while

Johnny Miller’s third professional win came in his fifth season and was the first of his two majors — the 1973 U.S. Open, where he shot an unthinkable 63 at beastly Oakmont on Sunday.

Three years later he won his 18th Tour event and his second major, the British Open. It would be his last win of the decade. Shaky putting strokes have ruined many a golf game at all levels, but this time they derailed one of the great runs of golf in PGA Tour history.

Unlike Tiger on many occasions and Scheffler of late, where lengthy streaks of great play and victories encompassed various types of golf courses, Miller’s domain was the western United States, particularly the Desert West.

Along with the old Bing Crosby Pro-Am at Pebble Beach, near Miller’s Northern California hometown, Johnny ruled in Tucson, Phoenix and Palm Springs. He won his first three starts of ’74 and three of his first four the next year, shooting a cumulative 49 under par at Phoenix and Tucson and winning those two tournaments by a total of 25 strokes.

Through his golfing exploits and that Sears line of Johnny Miller Menswear, he was becoming the new face of golf, and at times making it look easier than anyone should. He was the first “Next Jack Nicklaus.”

“For his next trick,” Dan Jenkins wrote during the early-’74 blitz, “Miller will win a tournament by mail.”

Johnny won two of his first four starts in ’76 — Tucson and Palm Springs, naturally — but showed signs of considerable cooling that was interrupted in July by his second major, the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. And that was it for three years.

The ugly word is “yips,” the age-old malady that can affect folks in various walks of life, particularly athletics. Whether it’s shooting a free throw, throwing the ball to first base or, in this case, making a 3-foot putt, the seemingly mundane becomes daunting because the brain-to-hands wiring has short-circuited.

Johnny battled them, made some headway, and in the 1980s he won sporadically, including a 1987 win at Pebble Beach after a four-year winless drought. That was surely it, everyone assumed, but in one of the most unlikely wins ever, he won Pebble again seven years later with a putting stroke that belonged on a pipefitter.

How improbable was it? Well into his NBC broadcasting career, Miller had made just five Tour starts between 1990-94 before that last win.

Which way for Scottie Scheffler?

Scheffler’s roll call of wins is somewhat similar to Miller’s: Over the past 26 months, he’s won four tournaments twice each — The Masters, Phoenix, Bay Hill and the Players Championship.

He also dealt with a balky putter last year, though those issues have subsided enough for him to flourish. He’s currently 93rd on Tour in “shots gained: putting,” which doesn’t sound great, until you recall he was No. 162 last season.

Injuries and perhaps personal issues can hamstring a career, as they did with Tiger, but an ill-wired putting stroke can send it flailing. Keeping peace with those gremlins will likely be key to Scheffler’s future path.

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When will Tiger Woods retire from professional golf? He explains when he’s done

One day, Tiger Woods is going to retire from professional golf -- or, at least, from competing on the PGA Tour and on the biggest major championship stages.

Woods has a very clear idea of when he's going to retire, and it's a stance from which he has never publicly wavered. He reiterated his position on Tuesday ahead of the 2023 Hero World Challenge, which marks his first start since withdrawing from the 2023 Masters in April and then having ankle surgery.

"I love competing, I love playing. I miss being out here with the guys, I miss the camaraderie and the fraternity-like atmosphere out here and the overall banter," Woods said.

"But what drives me is I love to compete. There will come a point in time, I haven't come around to it fully yet, that I won't be able to win again. When that day comes, I'll walk," Woods added, before making light of his current health. "Well, now I can walk. I won't say run away, but I'm going to walk away."

What "walking away" looks like for Woods is potentially different than what most people would term retirement. The reality is that the greats of the game never truly retire. There is the PGA Tour Champions, which is reserved for players aged 50 and older, as another potential mountain for Woods to climb if he feels his PGA Tour days are done. Friend Stewart Cink has said he believes Woods will play and dominate on the elder circuit, and Woods' good friend, Steve Stricker, has been dominant in his limited PGA Tour Champions schedule.

Woods will also never lose status at three of the four majors. Masters winners are invited, effectively, for life, and Woods' career is synonymous with Augusta National success. As an Open Championship winner, he's invited until he's 60. He can play in the PGA Championship as long as he wants. And while his exemption into the US Open ends in 2024, and there is no lifetime exemption, Woods will almost certainly have a standing invite there, too.

While Woods has said he won't compete if he doesn't think he can win -- and he affirmed this week that he still thinks he can win -- on the PGA Tour, Woods has embraced a statesman role in golf that might suggest he would be willing to compete sometimes in something closer to a ceremonial role.

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Report: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy among big PGA Tour payouts

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Tiger Woods , Rory McIlroy and other PGA Tour stars are about to receive massive bonuses for their loyalty.

The Telegraph reported Wednesday that Woods will receive up to $100 million in equity as part of the newly created for-profit PGA Tour Enterprises, with McIlroy getting about half that amount.

The payouts, which are set to be disclosed to the players by PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan on Wednesday, are a way to thank players for sticking with the PGA Tour instead of jumping to the rival LIV Golf League and huge paydays from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.

Nearly 200 players will receive a stake, with $750 million of it going to the top 36 players based on a formula that weighs career success and cultural popularity, according to The Telegraph. Other notable payouts include $30 million each for Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas , while $75 million is targeted to go to notable retired players.

To receive the money, players would have to continue to remain loyal to the PGA Tour, with the funds vesting over the next eight years, according to The Telegraph. And going forward, the PGA Tour plans to award $100 million per year to the players.

McIlroy, playing this week in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, was asked Wednesday how much would make players feel validated for their decision to stay with the PGA Tour.

"I think the one thing we've learned in golf over the last two years is there's never enough," said McIlroy, who also said that he's interested in returning to the PGA Tour's policy board, as has been reported and is pending a board vote that could take place this week.

"At the end of the day, it's not quite up to me to just come back on the board," McIlroy said. "There's a process that has to be followed."

The other board members are Patrick Cantlay , Peter Malnati , Adam Scott , Spieth and Woods.

PGA Tour Enterprises received an investment of up to $3 billion earlier this year from Strategic Sports Group, a consortium of sports team owners that includes the New York Mets ' Steve Cohen and the Atlanta Falcons ' Arthur Blank.

A week later, Monahan outlined the first-of-its-kind equity ownership program in a Feb. 7 memo to players.

Any deal with PIF would most certainly increase the value of the equity shares.

A source with knowledge of the Player Equity Program told The Associated Press that the equity money is not part of the SSG investment. That money was geared toward growth capital.

Golf.com, which received a series of informational videos on the Player Equity Program that was sent to players, reported only 50% of the equity would vest after four years, 25% more after six years and the rest of it after eight years.

The 36 players from the top tier were judged on "career points," such as how long they were full members, victories, how often they reached the Tour Championship and extra points for significant victories, Golf.com reported.

"It's really about making sure that our players know the PGA Tour is the best place to compete and showing them how much the Tour appreciates them being loyal," Jason Gore, the tour's chief player officer, said in one of the videos obtained by Golf.com.

Emails also were sent to 64 players who would share $75 million in aggregate equity based on the past three years, and $30 million to 57 players who are PGA Tour members. Also, $75 million in equity shares was set aside for 36 past players instrumental in building the tour.

The program has an additional $600 million in equity grants that are recurring for future PGA Tour players. Those would be awarded in amounts of $100 million annually started in 2025.

Players only get equity shares from one of the four tiers now, although everyone would be eligible for the recurring grants.

Even with equity ownership geared toward making the PGA Tour better, the concern was players questioning who got how much and whether they received their fair share.

The PGA Tour and LIV are in merger talks, but they have been protracted, with no clear end in sight. Both tours have continued to operate independently, keeping many of the top names in golf from competing against one another for most of the golf calendar -- major tournaments (Masters, US Open, British Open and PGA Championship) excepted

"I think I could be helpful to the process," McIlroy said of a formalized unification of the PGA Tour and LIV Golf. "But only if people want me involved."

He said he aims to promote compromise while also trying "to help people see the benefits of what unification could do for the game and what it could do for this tour in particular."

"We obviously realize the game is not unified right now for a reason, and there's still some hard feelings and things that need to be addressed," McIlroy said. "But I think at this point, for the good of the game, we all need to put those feelings aside and all move forward together."

The Associated Press and Field Level Media contributed to this report.

Is It Time For Tiger Woods To Retire?

For what it's worth, Mike Bailey gives his take after Tiger's WD at The Masters

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When is enough enough? For Tiger Woods with regards to playing, it's a question only he can answer.

But it's also a query that all of us will weigh in on, whether our answer is "that's up to Tiger ," or "yes, he should retire; we hate seeing him suffer," or "no, he should keep going; it's the only reason I watch golf." 

Woods, as we all know, might be the fiercest competitor there's ever been in golf. Who can forget his 2008 U.S. Open victory at Torrey Pines , where he outlasted Rocco Mediate in an 18-hole playoff, plus an extra hole of sudden death -- all on a left leg with two stress fractures and a torn ACL in the same knee. 

He limped his way to victory through 91 holes, but of course, he was just 32 years old back then. It was his 14th Major victory, and it appeared inevitable that he would shatter Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 in short order.

That didn't happen, of course. It would be 11 years later that he shocked the world by logging his 15th Major victory, here at Augusta National , after he had battled back from countless other injuries and personal problems. 

There have been back and knee surgeries, too many to count, and then the horrific one-person car crash in 2021 in Southern California. On that one, we were just hoping he would survive much less play golf, yet here he was this week, limping up and down the rain-drenched hills of Augusta National on Saturday, somehow managing to make his record-tying 23rd consecutive cut at Augusta.

Tiger, of course, withdrew from the Masters after seven holes of his third round, citing a flare-up of his ongoing platar fasciitis . Kudos to him for giving it a go to start the third round in freezing, miserable conditions yesterday when the players were called back out to start another round. He bravely slogged through seven holes, playing them six-over-par. At plus-nine, he was in last place, but he only left the course after play was finally suspended due to the deteriorating weather.

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He's had enough this week. Now what? Does he take a few weeks off again to try to heal before the next Major, the PGA Championship at Oak Hill in May? That's a pretty tough walk, too.

But if we know Tiger Woods, he'll try to rehab in time for that one, or maybe he gives it a little more time to prep for U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club in June. In any case, these Majors are tough grinds. Will we see more withdrawals?

Does he still have a realistic shot to win three more Majors and tie the Golden Bear? I'm sure even he realizes that's not in the cards anymore. After all, he's already older than Nicklaus when he won his 18th, right here at Augusta National at the age of 46, in 1986. And he didn't have near the injury history that Woods has. 

Woods is tied with Sam Snead for the most wins on the PGA Tour with 82. Does he want to break that record bad enough? Forget the Majors, though, can he even win another PGA Tour event?

I have my doubts, and I wonder if he does, too. After all, the top players in the game are really, really good. And most of them are pretty healthy.

For those who have never had plantar fasciitis , you might not realize how painful that is. I've had bouts with it, and I can tell you it's debilitating. I can recall playing 18 holes of golf, and not being able to walk after I drove home and got out of the car. And that was just 18 holes -- in a cart. Tiger would have had to play 29 on Sunday at Augusta if he hadn't withdrawn.

On a side note, thankfully, one day, after countless doctor appointments, I found a miracle-working foot reflexologist in Chinatown in New York about a decade ago and haven't suffered from it since. Unfortunately, I don't have her contact info to pass along to Woods.

I'm sure even Tiger realizes that Jack's record is not on the cards anymore

Popular opinion for many years was that Woods would never play on the PGA Tour Champions circuit. I think there's a good chance that he will. Because he's still competitive and his biggest obstacle right now isn't hitting golf shots -- he can still do that about as good as most of them -- but the walk itself. 

Nicklaus agrees, saying in a recent podcast with Nick Faldo that Woods "wants to play the senior tour." Woods himself has hinted as much, referencing the "buggies" that he would be able to use in three years.

What a shot in the arm that would be for PGA Tour Champions. 

I think Woods will play beyond 50, but I certainly wouldn't expect him to play a heavy schedule like Bernhard Langer, who will probably be out there until he's 80. ( Langer had a very respectable showing at Augusta this year , despite missing the cut.) 

Maybe he would just play in the senior Majors and a few events, but can you imagine the ratings?

So, Tiger, many of us implore you -- don't keep putting yourself through this. We hate seeing you in pain and becoming a shell of your old self.

Design some more courses (I love Bluejack National, by the way, north of Houston). 

Keep playing with Charlie in the PNC Championship, where you can use a cart. And get ready for the PGA Tour Champions, where we will be waiting to see you amaze us once again.

Mike has worked in the golf industry for nearly 30 years with full-time staff positions at publications and websites that include PGA Magazine, the Golfweek Group, and GolfChannel.com. He is currently writing for several different sites and magazines and serves as a contributing equipment writer for Golf Monthly, focusing on irons, shoes and the occasional training aid or piece of technical equipment. 

Mike has experienced a number of highlights in his career, including covering several Ryder Cups, PGA Championships and the Masters, writing instruction pieces and documenting the best places for golf travel for more than a decade.

Mike carries a 7.6 handicap index and has two hole-in-ones, the most recent coming in February 2022. A resident of Texas for more than 40 years, Mike plays out of Memorial Park Golf Course (home of the Houston Open on the PGA Tour). 

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Charlie Woods will play U.S. Open local qualifier Thursday

Charlie Woods looks to earn a spot at this year's U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. (Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)

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Charlie Woods’ road to Pinehurst begins Thursday.

Woods, the son of 82-time TOUR winner Tiger Woods, will compete in an 18-hole U.S. Open local qualifier Thursday at The Legacy Golf & Tennis Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The younger Woods is slated to tee off at 8:18 a.m. ET Thursday.

The road to the U.S. Open features 109 local qualifying sites across April and May, leading to 13 Final Qualifying sites in late May and early June. Final Qualifying is known as Golf's Longest Day, requiring competitors to navigate 36 holes to earn a tee time at the season’s third major championship.

To be eligible for qualifying, a player must have a Handicap Index not exceeding 0.4 or be a professional.

The elder Woods is a three-time U.S. Open champion, but he has yet to win at Pinehurst No. 2. Tiger Woods finished T3 at Pinehurst in 1999, two strokes back of winner Payne Stewart, and he placed solo second at the venerable venue in 2005, two back of Michael Campbell. He didn’t compete at Pinehurst in 2014.

Earlier this spring, Charlie Woods competed in a pre-qualifier for the TOUR’s Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, his first foray at attempting to qualify for a TOUR-sanctioned event. The younger Woods shot 86 that day but will look to apply learnings in Thursday’s U.S. Open local qualifier.

Tiger and Charlie Woods have paired together in the last four PNC Championships, the two-player team event contested each December that utilizes a scramble format. Team Woods finished runner-up in 2021 but has yet to win the event.

Other notables in the field at Woods' site include Cameron Kuchar (son of Matt), Sunny Kim, Garrett Willis, Reed Greyserman (brother of Max), Austin Lemieux (son of Mario) and Michael Buttacavoli.

Tiger Woods to land $100M, PGA Tour equity payments for loyalty, revealed

PGA Tour Enterprises , the newly formed for-profit entity, is prepared to dole out massive sums of money to reward player loyalty amid the LIV Golf discord.

The PGA Tour struck a deal with Strategic Sports Group worth up to $3 billion three months ago. As part of the fundraising efforts, the Tour will disseminate hundreds of millions of dollars to its membership, per The Telegraph.

Tiger Woods, the 15-time major champion, will receive the largest sum upwards of $100 million. Rory McIlroy will net a cool $50 million. Other top players like Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas will earn $30 million.

Nearly two thirds of the money infused into the company will be handed out via equity shares. However, a safeguard was put in place to avoid players taking the money and then jumping ship for LIV Golf.

Fifty percent of the money will be vested after four years on Tour. Another 25 percent will be added two years after that and all 100 percent will be vested after eight years.

There are a number of factors that determined a players’ worth.

Chief among them are the ‘career points’ and how players have fared through the Player Impact Program (PIP).

The former is a model that looks at career achievements through the lens of longevity. The latter, which was established a couple of years ago to combat the money thrown by LIV at players, takes into account how an individual has helped promote and grow the sport through ticket sales, sponsorships, media consumption and fan engagement.

Understandably, Woods would top the list. He continues to move the needle . One just needs to look at The Masters less than two weeks ago.

Television ratings were initially up as Woods performed well and made the cut for the 24th consecutive appearance, setting a new PGA Tour record . However, after he faltered to historic lows Saturday, ratings plummeted during the weekend.

The Tiger Woods effect is a problem that the PGA Tour and professional golf is still yet to solve.

However, if a deal is ever reached between LIV and the PGA Tour, bringing the best players together might at least stem the tide.

Kendall Capps is the Senior Editor of SB Nation’s Playing Through. For more golf coverage, follow us @_PlayingThrough on all major social media platforms.

Report: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy will get huge loyalty bonuses from PGA Tour

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are among the golfers expected to be given equity in PGA Tour Enterprises as a thank you for sticking with the Tour instead of jumping to rival LIV Golf, the Telegraph reported on Wednesday.

Woods will receive a $100 million and McIlroy a $50 million stake in the newly-formed enterprise for not taking lucrative offers from the Saudi-backed LIV as merger negotiations between the two circuits continue to drag on.

A substantial portion of current PGA Tour members will be rewarded with equity in the new for-profit entity, according to a memo sent out in February by commissioner Jay Monahan and seen by Reuters.

PGA Tour Enterprises is majority owned by the Tour and bolstered by a $1.5 billion investment by Strategic Sports Group, a consortium of sports team owners, the memo said.

The program will reward top performing members and legends who helped build the modern PGA Tour, the memo said.

The initial round of player equity grants will total $930 million and will be awarded to 193 PGA Tour members, with the majority of that going to the top 36 players as determined by a performance-based formula, the memo said.

All initial grants will require players to compete in 15 or more events on the PGA Tour and/or complete service requirements commensurate with the value of the grant.

A spokespersonfor the PGA Tour said the Tour could not comment on any detail of the Telegraph report due to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations and private financial information.

Tiger Woods' TGL team includes top 10 player in the world, rising PGA Tour star

Max Homa called it "a dream" to play in Tiger Woods ' group the first two days of the Masters. When asked following Friday's competition what he will remember from his round, he said just "a lot of Tiger stuff."

Now, Homa will build on those memories going forward.

Homa is joining Woods' Jupiter Links Golf Club in TGL, the interactive golf league headed by Woods and Rory McIlroy. The four-man team was announced Monday morning with Homa, Tom Kim and Kevin Kisner joining Woods.

"I have three guys on my team that I enjoy being around, that I know are going to work hard and grind as team members, can talk a little trash and will have a great time," Woods told The Palm Beach Post. "If I compete in something, I want to win."

TGL, backed by TMRW Sports, is preparing for its inaugural season, which starts Jan. 7. The league will be played in Palm Beach Gardens at a venue being built on the campus of Palm Beach State College.

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Homa, 33, is No. 9 in the current world ranking. He is one of five top 10 golfers in TGL. He watched Woods make history at Augusta when the Jupiter Island resident became the first to make 24 consecutive Masters cuts. While  Woods faltered on the weekend, shooting a 10-over 82 Saturday, his highest score ever at the Masters, Homa then went on to complete his best-ever major, finishing tied for third.

"Following Tiger’s career is one of the main reasons that I became an avid golfer," said Homa, who has six PGA Tour wins. "I remember watching him win the 1997 Masters, and now getting to play alongside him has been amazing.

"It’s really exciting to call Tiger, Tom, and Kevin teammates. Thanks to TGL, I’ll be able to play with some of the best golfers in the world and bring this unique and exciting format to golf while also finding ways to connect with one of the best golf markets in the country in South Florida."

Kim, from South Korea, is one of the PGA Tour's rising stars. The 21-year-old is No. 23 in the world and has won three times on the PGA Tour along with seven international events.  His win at the 2022 Wyndham Championship made him the second-youngest winner on the PGA Tour since World War II at 20 years, 1 month, 17 days.

"It's unbelievable," Kim said. "To be a part of a team with Tiger as captain, that I've always thought of as my role model and I've looked up to and I still do, to be a part of that group ... it's really cool for me and I'm really excited for what's to come."

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Kisner, 40, has four PGA Tour wins. He most recently played with Woods during the third round of the 2022 Masters.

"TGL is a unique entertainment product with a combination of world-class golf, but also a condensed format in Prime Time TV," Woods told The Post. "With every shot broadcast, a 40-second shot clock and all players mik’ed up in a team dynamic, Kiz will not only be a valuable teammate given his talents on the course but will bring his entertaining personality and style to TGL."

Kisner believes the team has the right mix to have fun in the unique format, but also get serious when titles are on the line.

“While I know we will have a lot of fun as a team with me, Tiger, Max and Tom, I also know when Tiger’s competitive fire kicks in, we are going to be ready to play and win," he said. "This is the perfect team to bring both fun and competition together at the same time. Can’t wait.”  

All six TGL teams have filled their rosters, with the exception of two slots available on the Boston and San Francisco teams. San Francisco's team officially has not been announced, but it will include the remaining players who signed with TGL.

Tom D'Angelo is a senior sports columnist and golf writer for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at [email protected].

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PGA Tour players learn how much loyalty is worth in new equity program

Tiger Woods waves after his final round at the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, waves after making a putt on the sixth hole during the second round of the RBC Heritage golf tournament, Friday, April 19, 2024, in Hilton Head Island, S.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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Players who stayed loyal to the PGA Tour amid lucrative recruitment by Saudi-funded LIV Golf are starting to find out how much that loyalty could be worth.

The PGA Tour on Wednesday began contacting the 193 players eligible for the $930 million from a “Player Equity Program” under the new PGA Tour Enterprises .

The bulk of that money — $750 million — went to 36 players based on their career performance, the last five years and how they fared in a recent program that measured their star power.

How much they received was not immediately known. Emails were going out Wednesday afternoon and Thursday informing players of what they would get. One person who saw a list of how the equity shares were doled out said the names had been redacted. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because many details of the program were not made public.

The Telegraph reported Tiger Woods was to receive $100 million in equity and Rory McIlroy could get $50 million, without saying how it came up with those numbers.

Commissioner Jay Monahan outlined the first-of-its-kind equity ownership program in a Feb. 7 memo to players, a week after Strategic Sports Group became a minority investor in the new commercial PGA Tour Enterprises.

The private equity group, a consortium of professional sports owners led by the Fenway Sports Group, made an initial investment of $1.5 billion that could be worth $3 billion. The tour is still negotiating with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia — the financial muscle behind the rival LIV Golf league — as an investor.

Any deal with PIF would most certainly increase the value of the equity shares.

Another person with knowledge of the Player Equity Program, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the private nature of the dealings, said the equity money is not part of the SSG investment. That money was geared toward growth capital.

Golf.com received a series of informational videos on the Player Equity Program that was sent to players and reported only 50% of the equity would vest after four years, 25% more after six years and the rest of it after eight years.

It also reported how the 36 players from the top tier were judged on “career points,” such as how long they were full members, victories, how often they reached the Tour Championship and extra points for significant victories.

Jason Gore, the tour’s chief player officer, said in one of the videos, “It’s really about making sure that our players know the PGA Tour is the best place to compete and showing them how much the Tour appreciates them being loyal.”

Emails also were sent to 64 players who would share $75 million in aggregate equity based on the past three years, and $30 million to 57 players who are PGA Tour members. Also, $75 million in equity shares was set aside for 36 past players instrumental in building the tour.

The program has an additional $600 million in equity grants that are recurring for future PGA Tour players. Those would be awarded in amounts of $100 million annually started in 2025.

Players only get equity shares from one of the four tiers now, although everyone would be eligible for the recurring grants.

Even with equity ownership geared toward making the PGA Tour better, the concern was players questioning who got how much and whether they received their fair share.

LIV Golf lured away seven major champions dating to 2018 since it launched in 2022, all with guaranteed contracts and most of them believed to have topped $100 million.

McIlroy, playing this week in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, was asked how much would make players feel validated for their decision to stay with the PGA Tour.

“I think the one thing we’ve learned in golf over the last two years is there’s never enough,” McIlroy replied.

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Korn Ferry Tour Player Shoots 13-under 58 in Texas

Frankie Capan III fired the third sub-60 score of the season on the Korn Ferry Tour.

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There’s a new member of the sub-60 club in pro golf, on a tour that has seen a couple already this season.

Frankie Capan III shot a 13-under 58 on Thursday at the Texas Rangers Golf Club in the first round of the Veritex Bank Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour. He made four birdies in a row from the 2nd through 5th holes, then hung red numbers on eight straight holes from the 9th through 16th. In all he had 11 birdies and one eagle.

Capan parred his final two holes including the par-5 18th. 

The Korn Ferry Tour had two sub-60 scores earlier this year at the Astara Golf Championship, as Cristobal Del Solar shot 57 and Aldrich Potgieter shot 59 on a par-70, 6,254-yard course at elevation in Colombia. Capan shot his 58 on a par-71, 7,010-yard course.

There has been one 58 shot on the PGA Tour, by Jim Furyk at the 2016 Travelers Championship. 

Capan, 24, turned pro two years ago and attended Florida Gulf Coast University. The Minnesota native 298th in the OWGR with a high finish of third in 30 career KFT starts.

Capan led by three in the morning wave. Trent Phillips shot 61 and trailed by three.

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