Tiger Woods is not in the field for The Players Championship next week at TPC Sawgrass, despite being given a free pass to enter the tournament.
The decision comes just over a month after Woods’ mother Kultida died, and the golf legend spoke out this week about how much he is struggling to come to terms with her loss.
Two of those times were at TGL. The other was with President Donald Trump on February 9. He also played in the Seminole Pro-Member on Monday.
Woods, a two-time winner at The Players, has not played the PGA Tour’s flagship event since 2019. He tied for 30th, and a month later won the Masters for his fifth green jacket and his 15th major championship.
He earned a five-year exemption for The Players with that Masters win, getting an extra year to account for the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Woods has never missed the cut at the Masters as a pro, setting a tournament record last year with his 24th cut made. He had 19 appearances at The Players and only failed to make the cut one time in 2011, when he withdrew after a 42 on the front nine with a left leg injury.
