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In case you haven’t heard, Tiger Woods is playing in the Safeway Open. It’s his first competitive tournament since the Wyndham Championship in 2015, and ever since he claimed to have “no timetable to return to competitive golf,” we’ve all been waiting on the edge of our seats for him to make his triumphant (well, hopefully) return to being the greatest of all-time. Luckily, that wait is now just a few days.
But to make some great news even greater? Phil Mickelson is lobbying to play the first two rounds of the Safeway Open with him which would be the first time in the history of The PGA Tour that someone would utter “must-watch” and “Safeway Open” in the same sentence.
Per ESPN:
Don’t be surprised to see Tiger Woods grouped with Phil Mickelson next week at the Safeway Open for the first two rounds. Mickelson lobbied for such an occurrence — something that rarely happens at a regular PGA Tour event — when he heard Woods was possibly coming back. Mickelson’s management company, Lagadere, runs the Safeway tournament, and Phil has been known to have some influence. The last time it happened in the first two rounds of a non-major/non-WGC event? The 1998 Nissan Open.
In a statement released by TigerWoods.com, he also confirmed two other tournaments in addition to this coming weekend’s open.
“My rehabilitation is to the point where I’m comfortable making plans, but I still have work to do,” Tiger said. “Whether I can play depends on my continued progress and recovery. My hope is to have my game ready to go.
“I’m looking forward to going to California for my foundation event and Safeway. I’m also excited to return to Turkey and Albany. It could be a fun fall.
Will The 2016 Safeway Open be a classic like Augusta in ’09 when they resembled two thoroughbreds elevating each other’s game and stomping around the green? Probably not, because we still don’t know anything about Tiger’s back and Phil is probably still drunk from The Ryder Cup.
Either way, will I be watching? Of course. It’s Tiger, guys. .
[via ESPN / Tiger Woods]
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Can’t wait for another round of “tiger is back!” before an anticlimactic showing. Followed by two weeks of “What is wrong with Tiger Woods?” talk and breaking news of a new injury.
I’ll give you 14766 dollars to fuck off
Will / PGP IT Guy – Any idea why the app freezes on my phone when I try to submit a comment? Started happening last week. Thanks and have a great weekend.
Rico
This happens to me, too. Can’t submit a comment on the app, can on the mobile site but have to reload the page. The mobile site also redirects to spam sites about 1 out of every 6-7 pages loaded. Just started doing that a few weeks ago.
Every time I submit one I get sent to a blank page on chrome. Hopefully just a bug they’re working through.
Same here. I have to go back to the pgp homepage every time I submit a comment at work. Figured it was something with my desktop but not exactly a problem I can take to IT.
This happens to me on Chrome too. It works fine with Firefox, but it’s Firefox soooo…
I’m excited to watch Tiger yell “GOD DAMMIT, TIGER!” right into a tee box microphone after duck hooking his shot into the woods. I’ve missed that so much.
Tigers done. He’s made about 6 comebacks. I’m sorry, but he will just never be as good as he used to be.
Well considering he once was the most dominant player in the history of the game, yeah, I think it might be a stretch to say he’ll ever be as good as he used to be.
You’re right on that. Probably should’ve clarified that. But, I don’t think he’s going to even be competitive. He’s had too many surgeries and he’s been out for too long. Every time he comes back, there is this big hype, and then nothing comes of it. I call BS.
Fuck you, Jesus. Fuck you.
I’m just speaking the truth. You might not like it, but you’ll come to accept it.
You of all people Jesus, should be supportive of a comeback.
Not after you cheat 20 times. And he hasn’t repented, so he’s not getting any slack from me or the big guy.
Isn’t Tiger Buddhist though?
The Buddha and I hang out on the regular. He’s pretty chill. Many people don’t know this, but he went through some bad times in the 70’s. Helped him out of his personal hell and drug addiction.
One might say you were “Super Best Friends”
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Jesus, didn’t you rise from the dead once also? Don’t say it’s impossible.
I rose from the dead once, Tiger had 6 tries