Tiger Woods back in action in TGL loss to New York GC

MIAMI – Tiger Woods on Feb 18 made his first start since the death of his mother, and spoke dearly about her after he competed in a TGL match at Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

It was all over in a proverbial New York Minute for Woods and his Jupiter Links GC teammates Kevin Kisner and Tom Kim, as they lost 10-3 in a one-sided shellacking at the hands of the New York Golf Club.

A rampant New York team of Rickie Fowler, Matt Fitzpatrick and Cameron Young stormed to an 8-0 lead before coasting to their first victory of the season in the indoor league played on a golf simulator.

Despite the result, Woods seemed to enjoy plenty of laughs, feeding off the humour of his livewire teammate Kisner, and the 15-time Major champion appeared more relaxed than in his TGL debut three weeks ago.

His mother Kultida was in the gallery that night, but she died eight days later, on Feb 4 at the age of 78, which prompted Woods to pull out of last week’s Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines, stating that he was still processing the loss.

“She really enjoyed watching me play and it was awesome to have her in the stands,” Woods said of his mother’s presence at his previous TGL match.

“It was a great moment and I’m definitely appreciative of her being here. I had a hard time driving down here. I hadn’t hit a golf ball since I played with the president (Trump on Feb 9).

“It’s been a hard process. I really haven’t thought about golf, and I don’t think I’ll be thinking about it for a bit here.”

Woods, Kisner and Kim did not get on the board until the ninth hole (of 15). By then the match was all