Tiger Woods Returns to PGA Tour via Bridgestone Invitational

Tiger Woods is returning to competition. Woods made his return announcement via his website a few hours ago. Tiger will be playing next week in the 2011 Bridgestone Invitational, a tournament that he has won seven times, three of which in the last five years.

Tiger Woods has missed the last two majors because of a leg injury. He has been sidelined for almost three months after pulling out of The Players’ Championship. He sustained his injury at this year’s Masters where he hurt his left knee ligaments and Achilles tendon after playing an awkward shot at Augusta National.

Tiger Woods has not won a major since the 2008 US Open nor any tournament worldwide since 2009 after his personal life unraveled in a series of scandals and infidelity accusations that led to his divorce from Elin Nordegren. Recently, his world ranking dropped to 21, and if he does not win any tournament soon, he’ll fall even further.

Tiger Woods released the following statement on his return via TigerWoods.com:

Tiger Woods will return to competition next week in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, he announced Thursday.

“I’m excited to get back out there,” said Woods, who has been idle since withdrawing from The PLAYERS Championship after nine holes on May 12 after sustaining a mild medial collateral ligament strain to his left knee and aggravating a strained left Achilles tendon.

Both injuries were originally occurred during the third round of the Masters, when Woods hit a recovery shot out of pine straw on the 17th hole. He went on to shoot 74, but followed with a 67 on Sunday and tied for fourth.

Following the advice of his doctors, Woods has rested and rehabbed his left leg, and just recently began hitting practice balls.

Woods has had great success at Firestone, winning the WGC event seven times. Last year, he tied for 78th, marking the first time in 11 appearances that he has failed to finish in the top four.

In 2011, Woods has competed in six PGA Tour tournaments. He has posted two top 10 finishes and has made five-of-six cuts.

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