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Tiger Woods is set to make his dramatic return to competitive golf Tuesday night as rumors swirl about whether he will be healthy enough to compete in the Masters in a few weeks.
Woods will play in the Golf League Finals for Jupiter Links, he told ESPN. The legendary golfer is expected to play in Game 2 of the best-of-three series against Los Angeles. Jupiter lost the first match 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 play 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 afterwards.
The 50-year-old leads the Jupiter Links golf team, but has been out all year while recovering from back surgery last fall. He also ruptured his Achilles tendon last March.
Woods suggested he could be back in time for the Masters, saying in February it wasn’t necessarily out of the question. Golf’s iconic major begins April 9.
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Tiger Woods and Akshay Bhatia of Jupiter Links GC during match against Boston Common Golf during the TGL Match at 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’m working on it. Sometimes I have good days, sometimes I have bad days. Disc replacement isn’t much fun,” he told Golf.com. “So Will Zalatoris went through it, he did two levels, and that takes time. So, like I said, I went through a lot of procedures before that, so the body doesn’t quite heal like it did when I was 24. It doesn’t really bounce back. So I have good days where I can pretty much do everything, and other days where it’s hard to just move.”
It will be interesting to see if Woods can establish himself in the Golf League. He has not played an event since the 2024 British Open.
Kevin Kisner was forced to replace Jupiter on Monday night against Los Angeles’ Sahith Theegala. Kisner replaced Akshay Bhatia as an alternative since Bhatia was preparing for the Hero Indian Open in New Delhi on the European tour.
Tiger Woods of the United States lines up on the 1st green during day two of the 150th Open at the 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, making a two-putt birdie on the final hole to give Los Angeles a 6-5 victory.
