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Tiger Woods Turns 50, Plans Selective Comeback and Leads PGA Tour Reform Push

Woods signals a lighter schedule under a new role guiding PGA Tour reforms targeting LIV Golf.

Overview

  • He has not competed since missing the cut at the 2024 Open Championship, following an Achilles rupture in March 2025 and a seventh back surgery in September.
  • Woods says he aims to play roughly 25 events split between the PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions as he manages his recovery.
  • He now chairs the PGA Tour’s new Future of Competition committee, created to rework the Tour’s product in response to LIV Golf, with changes discussed for 2027.
  • The milestone comes as his legacy includes 15 majors, 82 PGA Tour titles, and 683 weeks as world No. 1, achievements that expanded golf’s global reach.
  • His later career has been shaped by serious injuries and off-course turbulence, including the 2021 Los Angeles car crash that limited his appearances.