Fantastic report Live updates as Tiger Woods speaks to media at Hero World Challenge

Tiger Woods has his sights set on playing one tournament a month, and he believes he can still win at the game’s highest level.

Woods conducted a press conference Tuesday morning at the Hero World Challenge, his first public media availability since the Masters in April. Woods engaged in a half-hour back-and-forth with the assembled media at Albany, Bahamas, with topics ranging from his health to his caddie situation to the PGA TOUR Policy Board.The Woods-hosted Hero will be his first competitive start since the Masters. Woods underwent right ankle surgery in April, a subtalar fusion procedure to alleviate arthritis from a broken talus bone suffered in a February 2021 car crash. Woods’ surgery followed his Masters withdrawal during the third round, having struggled to navigate Augusta National’s hilly terrain on a rainy Saturday.

Read below for minute-by-minute updates from Woods’ press conference Tuesday in Albany, Bahamas.