SAD NEWS: as Tiger woods officially gives update on his son’s health issue, not good as we all expected

SAD NEWS: as Tiger woods officially gives update on his son’s health issue, not good as we all expected

Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods had been due to play in first official event since The Open last July; Woods’ participation at Torrey Pines had been announced last Friday, three days after his mother Kultida passed away; The Genesis Invitational is on Sky Sports Golf from Thursday

Woods’ mother Kultida passed away last week, with the former world No 1 expressing his “heartfelt sadness” when announcing the news on social media.

On Monday, Woods, who had been set to make his first PGA Tour appearance of the year at Torrey Pines, said in a statement on X: “I planned to tee it up this week, but I’m just not ready.

Since undergoing another surgery, this time on his lower back, in September, the 49-year-old has played alongside his son, Charlie, at the PNC Championship just before Christmas and made two appearances in the new TGL tournament, the indoor golf league that he co-founded.