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Tiger Woods continues his recovery from back surgery performed last October, but the golf superstar isn’t closing the door on participating in this year’s Masters Tournament.<\/p>

During a media session on Tuesday before this week’s Genesis Invitational in Pacific Palisades, California, where Woods serves as tournament host, reporters questioned whether the April 9-12 Masters was completely out of consideration.<\/p>

“No,” Woods responded with a broad grin. The golf legend hasn’t competed since failing to make the cut at the 2024 British Open.<\/p>

The winner of 15 major championships underwent additional surgery in March 2025 to fix a torn left Achilles tendon. In December, doctors gave Woods permission to begin chipping and putting again following his lumbar disc replacement procedure.<\/p>

Woods indicated his Achilles injury has healed, though his back continues to cause discomfort.<\/p>

“As far as the disc replacement, it’s just sore. It takes time,” Woods explained. “My body has been through a lot. It’s just one of those things where it’s each and every day, I keep trying, I keep progressing, I keep working on it, trying to get stronger, trying to get more endurance in this body and trying to get it at a level at which I can play at the highest level again.”<\/p>

Though Woods hasn’t participated in tournament play since July 2024, he remains active in golf administration as a PGA Tour policy board player director and vice chairman of PGA Tour Enterprises.<\/p>

The 50-year-old golfer faces another major decision regarding potential Ryder Cup captaincy for 2027, revealing that the PGA of America has sought his thoughts on the position.<\/p>

“Yeah, they have asked me for my input on it, and I haven’t made my decision yet,” Woods stated Tuesday. “I’m trying to figure out what we’re trying to do with our tour.<\/p>

“That’s been driving me hours upon hours every day and trying to figure out if I can actually do our team, our Team USA and our players and everyone that’s going to be involved in the Ryder Cup, if I can do it justice with my time.”<\/p>

Woods previously declined the U.S. captaincy for the 2025 Ryder Cup citing scheduling conflicts and PGA Tour obligations, though he indicated the possibility remained open for future opportunities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Golf legend Tiger Woods hasn’t ruled out competing in the upcoming Masters Tournament while recovering from back surgery performed last October. The 15-time major champion is also considering a potential 2027 Ryder Cup captaincy role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/news-1771381876720.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-5IM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25090,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/golf-legend-tiger-woods-hints-at-possible-masters-return-during-tv-appearance\/","url_meta":{"origin":21996,"position":0},"title":"Golf Legend Tiger Woods Hints at Possible Masters Return During TV Appearance","author":"Admin","date":"February 22, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Tiger Woods sparked excitement among golf fans Saturday when he suggested he might compete in the upcoming Masters tournament during a live television broadcast. 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