(Reuters) -Tournament host Tiger Woods was not listed in the initial player field released on Tuesday for the December 4-7 Hero World Challenge in Albany, Bahamas but could still be added as one of the three exemption spots.
The 15-times major champion has not competed since he missed the British Open cut in July 2024 and had surgery in March to repair a ruptured left Achilles tendon.
So far, twice defending champion Scottie Scheffler and 2016 winner Hideki Matsuyama of Japan are among the 17 players who have officially committed to the Hero World Challenge’s 20-man field.
In total, six of the top 10 players in the world are among those 17, a group that in addition to Scheffler includes Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas, J.J. Spaun, Robert MacIntyre and Harris English.
The rest of the field will be announced at a later date.
On Monday, TGL, the tech-infused indoor team golf league that Woods founded with Rory McIlroy, said the American would make his Season 2 debut on January 13.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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