San Diego (AP) – Tiger Woods suddenly withdrew from the Genesis Invitational in Torrey Pines on Monday, saying that he was still dealing The death of his mother.
Kultida Woods unexpectedly died last Tuesday at the age of 80.
“I had planned to set it up this week, but I’m just not ready,” Woods published on social networks. “I did my best to prepare myself, knowing that this is what my mother wanted, but I always deal with her loss.”
Woods, the host of the tournament of The Genesis Invitational, said that he hoped to be in Torrey Pines later in the week and “appreciate the kindness has continued since the death of my mother”.
It was a slight surprise when Woods, who did not play on the PGA Tour since the Open British last summer in Royal Troon, entered the signing event of $ 20 million. The tour has created a special exemption category for him in signature events.
He was replaced on the ground by Jake Knapp.
Woods had avoided Washington a week ago for a meeting with President Donald TrumpThe PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and Adam Scott, one of the players of the Tournées. But his plane left in the early hours of Tuesday in Florida.
The tour involves Trump to conclude an investment agreement with the Sovereign Heritage Fund for Saudi Arabia, which supports its Liv Golf rival.
Woods and his son, Charlie, played golf with Trump on Sunday in Florida before the president went to New Orleans for the Super Bowl.
Woods described his mother as a “force of nature” and the “biggest rock than any child could have”. His father nourished his golf course. His mother had a regular influence, the one who told her to wear red on Sunday as her power color, which instilled in a killer instinct and preached the sporting spirit when it was over.
His father died in May 2006. Woods returned to competition a month later and missed the Cup at the US Open, the first time as a pro, he had missed the cup during a major. Earl Woods had fought against cancer.
The death of his mother was more sudden. She had planned to fly to California this week for the tournament, which benefits the Woods Foundation.
The Genesis Invitational had to move from Riviera due to devastating forest fires in Los Angeles. Torrey Pines has a special link with Woods, the public course where he won the world junior world championship in high school, seven times on the PGA Tour and the most famous US Open 2008 when he had a double stress fracture in his leg LEFT.
Torrey Pines was his latest top 10 of the PGA Tour in 2020, a year before Woods went up his right leg badly in a car accident on a coastal road in Los Angeles. Since this recovery, Woods has only played in the Majors, the Genesis Invitational and its holiday event in the Bahamas.
___
This version corrects that Woods has been replaced on the ground by Jake Knapp.
___
AP Golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf
