Archive for February 22nd, 2009
Tiger Woods – Back in Action in Accenture Match Play Championship
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 | Golf | No Comments
It looks like we have a return date for Tiger Woods – the world’s #1 golf player. Woods is set to face Brendan Jones of Australia in the opening round of next week’s Accenture Match Play Championship. As the world’s #1 player, Woods will have the top #1 seed in the tournament. Woods has not fared well against Australians in this match play championship – 3 of his 6 losses have come at the hands of Australians – twice to Nick O’Hern in the second round in each of 2005 and 2007 and once to Peter O’Malley in the first round way back in 2002. The other #1 seeds are Sergio Garcia, Padraig Harrington and Vijay Singh.
Woods has not played in a tournament since he had knee surgery following his 2008 US Open victory in dramatic playoff fashion. Wood was seen limping on several occasions during the US Open, and announced that he was having season-ending knee surgery just a few days after the win.
