Tiger Woods’ future could be away from PGA Tour after £600million LIV Golf offer
Tiger Woods’ future could be away from PGA Tour after £600million LIV Golf offer (Image: Getty)
Tiger Woods could say goodbye to the PGA Tour in the very near future. With his body battered and having a limited number of swings left, the 15-time major winner’s interest in senior golf may see him take on the 50+ only circuit.
Woods has always maintained his allegiance to the PGA Tour when others have wavered. He reportedly turned down a gargantuan sum in the region of £572-654million to join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational series two years ago.
His said at the time that he “disgrees” with LIV, slamming those who had defected for “turning their back on what has allowed them to get to this position”, though he was recently involved in discussions to merge the PGA and Saudi circuit. Woods’ importance to the PGA Tour can be summed up by the £30m in bonuses alone he has received over the past three years.
But it is half a decade since Woods last won a tournament, and there’s only so much more of the gruelling tour, coming up against players half his age, that he can feasibly take. He turns 50 in December this year, making him eligible for the PGA Tour Champions which is open only to senior players. At this point, it would be a natural next step for the legend, who has done everything possible to be able to compete with the very best for over three decades.
Woods returned for the Hero World Challenge in December after recovering from a gruelling ankle injury, finishing 18th. He has struggled to simply walk 72 holes at PGA Tour events in recent years, his biggest hindrance, which would be massively aided by the option of using a cart in the Champions Tour.
And many have already tipped him to dominate the seniors, including Jack Nicklaus. “He’ll absolutely kill everybody,” Nicklaus said during the Masters in April in an interview with Golf Channel.”
