Tiger Woods looked solid but not completely pain-free when he returned to competition after a car accident in February, breaking his leg at the PNC Championships on Saturday to shoot a bogey-free 62 together with his 12-year-old son Charlie .
Woods received a huge ovation from onlookers after crushing his T-shot on the par-four first hole on the fairway at a relaxed non-PGA Tour event in Orlando.
Tiger and Charlie wore matching peach colored shirts and black trousers while playing with Justin Thomas and his father Mike at the tournament, which featured 19 father-son pairs and the father-daughter team of Nelly Korda and her father Petr.
Team Woods finished fifth, three strokes behind Team Sink going into Sunday’s second and final round.
The tournament marks the second time Team Woods has played in the competition, having finished seventh last year.
Woods has said that he is a long way from being able to compete in a PGA Tour event after his leg was amputated in a car accident near Los Angeles 10 months ago.
He used a cart to get around the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club and looked a little limp while walking. He smiled uncomfortably after hitting a tee shot on the 16th par-four.
Woods, who endured four back surgeries and multiple knee operations in his career before undergoing a back fusion procedure in 2017, hasn’t set a deadline for returning to the PGA Tour, but said last month he was looking forward to the next Would love to play at the British Open in July. ,
The 45-year-old is tied with Sam Snead for the most wins on the American PGA Tour with 82, and his 15 major championships put him three shy of Jack Nicklaus’s record of 18 major titles.
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