Tiger Woods will probably be exempt for all times from collaborating within the PGA Tour’s signature occasions beginning subsequent 12 months.
An extra exception will probably be created for sponsors Signature Occasions to acknowledge Woods in his personal class, who has reached the distinctive lifetime achievement threshold of greater than 80 profession wins.
The exemption, voted by the PGA Tour’s coverage board, permits Woods to play in all eight of the tour’s signature tournaments for the remainder of his profession, every with important prize cash and restricted fields.
The 48-year-old, who has 15 majors amongst his 82 PGA Tour victories, has performed on a restricted schedule for years as a consequence of a number of accidents and doesn’t robotically qualify for these occasions.
Woods has performed in simply 9 official PGA Tour occasions over the previous three seasons since returning to motion on the 2022 Masters. The one small occasion he has performed in is the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Nation Membership outdoors Los Angeles, which he hosts.
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Woods stated he wasn’t positive this could be his final look on the US Open
In his first 4 begins this 12 months, Woods dropped one occasion, completed final amongst those that made the minimize on the Masters, then missed the minimize on the PGA Championship and the US Open final week.
On the U.S. Open, Woods completed his two rounds at seven over par, that means he missed the minimize after ending simply two photographs over the restrict with 74 golfers making the five-over minimize.
Signature occasions are limited-entry tournaments that includes high gamers with elevated prize swimming pools. In 2024, three of the eight Signature occasions have been 36 holes, whereas the remaining 5 have been no holes.
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Was this Tiger Woods’ final US Open? Paul McGinley and Paige McKenzie focus on his efficiency on day two
In 2024, the highest 50 gamers from the earlier season’s FedExCup points-scoring listing via the Tour Championship have been eligible to compete in all of that 12 months’s signature occasions.
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