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Tiger Woods is set to make his dramatic return to competitive golf on Tuesday night, as rumors have circulated about whether he will be healthy enough to compete in the Masters in a few weeks.
Woods will compete in the Golf League Finals for Jupiter Links, he told ESPN. The legendary golfer will compete in the second match of the best-of-three series against Los Angeles. Jupiter lost the first game against Los Angeles, making Woods the club’s last hope to stay alive.
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Max Homa, not pictured, and Tiger Woods of Jupiter Links Golf Club smile on the 14th hole during the match against Los Angeles Golf Club at SoFi Center on March 23, 2026 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (James Gilbert/TGL/TGL Golf via Getty Images)
If Jupiter wins, Match 3 will begin immediately afterward.
The 50-year-old leads the Jupiter Links golf team, but was out all year while recovering from back surgery last fall. He also ruptured his Achilles tendon last March.
Woods suggested he could return in time for the Masters, saying in February that he wasn’t necessarily out of the question. The iconic golf tournament begins April 9.
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Tiger Woods and Akshay Bhatia of Jupiter Links GC during the match against Boston Common Golf during the TGL match at the SoFi Center on March 17, 2026, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (GREG LOVETT/PALM BEACH POST/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
Last week, he was a little more candid about his back injury.
“I said I’ve been working on it. Sometimes I have good days, sometimes I have bad days. Replacing discs is not a lot of fun,” he told Golf.com. “So Will Zalatoris went through this, he had two levels and it takes time. Like I said, I had a lot of procedures before that, so the body doesn’t fully heal like it did when I was 24. It doesn’t fully recover. So I have good days where I can do pretty much anything, and other days where it’s hard to just move.”
It will be interesting to see if Woods can succeed in the Golf League. He has not played an event since the 2024 British Open.
Kevin Kisner was forced to substitute for Jupiter on Monday night against Los Angeles’ Sahith Theegala. Kisner replaced Akshay Bhatia as an alternative as Bhatia was preparing for the Hero Indian Open in New Delhi on the European Tour.
Tiger Woods of the United States lines up a putt on the first green during day two of the 150th Open at St Andrews Old Course on July 15, 2022 in St Andrews, Scotland. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
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Theegala found the fairway at the right time, setting up a two-putt birdie on the final hole to give Los Angeles a 6-5 victory.
