After weeks of uncertainty regarding Tiger Woods' summer competition schedule, the news came in heaps. Woods announced Wednesday on his Twitter account and on his website, tigerwoods.com, that he expects to play the Memorial, U.S. Open, Greenbrier Classic, Open Championship and Quicken Loans National in the coming months.
The release of these expected starts comes a few days after Woods announced that he would tee it up at The Players Championship next month, too.
None of the stops Woods listed Wednesday is particularly surprising, given Woods' track record at each event. There are the two majors, of course, and consider that the Open Championship will be played at St. Andrews, among Woods' favorite courses and where he won the Claret Jug in 2000 and 2005.
Proceeds from the Quicken Loans event go to the Tiger Woods Foundation, and Woods is a five-time winner at Muirfield, site of the Memorial. Reports already surfaced that Woods told Jack Nicklaus, host of the Memorial, that he would see him in early June in Dublin, Ohio.
As for the Greenbrier, Woods will be making just his second appearance in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. The tournament takes place July 2-5 on the Old White TPC. He missed the cut in his only previous visit, in 2012.
Woods has played 72 holes only once this season, at the Masters, where he tied for 17th. He has fallen to No. 116 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Woods, 39, owns 79 career victories on Tour, including 14 major championships, to rank second in both categories. He had taken an indefinite leave from golf early this year after quitting on his 12th hole at Torrey Pines during the Farmers Insurance Open. It had followed a second-round 82 and a missed cut at Phoenix in Woods' season debut. The Masters represented Woods' first start in nine weeks, and he hasn't competed since April 12.
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