adminLos Angeles. – Former world number one golfer Tiger Woods will launch his 2017 campaign at Torrey Pines, where his eight triumphs include the 2008 US Open. Organisers said on Wednesday that Woods had committed to the US PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California, north of San Diego.
The January 26-29 event will be the 14-time major winner’s first tournament of the year. Woods returned to golf in December at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, coming back from a 15-month injury layoff.
Woods has won the US PGA Tour event at Torrey seven times, in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2013.
He won his most recent major title there in 2008 on the famed South Course, beating Rocco Mediate in an epic 19-hole playoff despite competing with knee and leg injuries. – AFP
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